name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dullard
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈdʌlɚd/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdʌləd/
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noun
Meaning 2
A stupid person; a fool.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alcatote, asshat, arsehole, asshole, bayard, berk, birdbrain, blither, bobchin, bonehead, bozo, buffoon, brickhead, Charlie, chucklehead, chowderhead, chump, clart, clown, der-brain, dill pickle, dim bulb, dimwit, dingleberry, dipshit, dipstick, dirtbrain, div, divvo, divvy, dolt, donk, doodle, doofus, dope, dork, dote, dotterel, dullard, dumbass, dumbbell, dumbo, dumb fuck, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, dupe, fathead, fenderhead, fiddle, fuckwit, fuzznut, geck, gig, gink, goober, gooseberry, gowk, gubbins, gump, half-baked, ha'p'orth, Homer Simpson, ignoramus, imbecile, jamoke, jerk, jerkoff, jolterhead, jolthead, juggins, jughead, knucklehead, lamebrain, mameluke (US (Italian-American), slang), maroon, meathead, mong, moron, mug, muggins, mushhead, nimrod, nincompoop, nit, nitwit, not the sharpest knife in the drawer, numskull, numps, numpty, nupson, oaf, pillock, pinhead, plonker, prat, retard, shit for brains, shithead, shitwit, schmo, schmuck, smooth brain, snapperhead, softhead, sohai, sot, stupid, sucker, thickhead, tonto, tool, tosser, tosspot, tubelight, twat, twerp, twit, wally, wantwit, wazzock, yampy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a person who evokes boredom
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bore
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unpleasant person, disagreeable person
Narrower terms: gasbag, windbag, nudnik, nudnick, platitudinarian, stuffed shirt
noun
Meaning 4
a person who is not very bright
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The economy, stupid!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stupid, stupid person, stupe, dolt, pudding head, pudden-head, poor fish, pillock
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: simpleton, simple
Narrower terms: berk, dunce, dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead, lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, muttonhead, shithead, dumbass, fuckhead, klutz
History
Etymology
Variant of Dollard.
From Middle English dullard, dollard, equivalent to dull + -ard (pejorative agent suffix). Compare Faroese døll (“dullard, good-for-nothing, blockhead”), Norwegian Nynorsk døl (“idiot, simpleton”).
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: тъ́пак (tǎ́pak) — A stupid person; a fool
- Catalan: estúpid — A stupid person; a fool
- Catalan: estúpida — A stupid person; a fool
- Dutch: sufferig — A stupid person; a fool
- French: idiot — A stupid person; a fool
- French: idiote — A stupid person; a fool
- Irish: daoi — A stupid person; a fool
- Italian: stupido — A stupid person; a fool
- Italian: stupida — A stupid person; a fool
- Italian: imbecille — A stupid person; a fool
- Latin: gurdus — A stupid person; a fool
- Latin: blennus — A stupid person; a fool
- Norman: chagorne — A stupid person; a fool
- Polish: głupek — A stupid person; a fool
- Polish: tępak — A stupid person; a fool
- Polish: ciemniak — A stupid person; a fool
- Polish: nudziarz — A stupid person; a fool
- Polish: bęcwał — A stupid person; a fool
- Portuguese: estúpido — A stupid person; a fool
- Portuguese: estúpida — A stupid person; a fool
- Portuguese: imbecil — A stupid person; a fool
- Russian: тупи́ца (tupíca) — A stupid person; a fool
- Russian: о́лух (ólux) — A stupid person; a fool
- Spanish: estúpido — A stupid person; a fool
- Spanish: estúpida — A stupid person; a fool
- Ottoman Turkish: طوی (toy) — A stupid person; a fool