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slow-witted

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Lacking a keen or swift intellect, not too bright or not too swift.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: slow on the uptake, dull-witted, addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, beefheaded, beetle-headed, birdbrained, blockheaded, Boeotian, boneheaded, boofheaded, braindead, brainless, bubbleheaded, buffle-headed, bullet-headed, cerebrally challenged, childish, chowderheaded, chuckleheaded, crackbrained, cretinous, daft, dense, dented, dim-bulb, dim-headed, dim-witted, dim, doltish, dopey, dozy, drowsy, dull-headed, dull-minded, dull, dumber than a box of rocks, dumb, dunderheaded, empty-headed, fatheaded, feeble-minded, flea-brained, foolish, fuzzy-headed, fuzzy-minded, goofy, half-brained, half-witted, hammer-headed, idiotic, ignorant, imbecilic, inane, insipid, intellectually challenged, knuckleheaded, lamebrained, lowbrow, lumpish, lunkheaded, mentally challenged, mentally retarded, mindless, monosynaptic, moronic, muttonheaded, nitwitted, numbskulled, oafish, obtuse, peabrained, pratty, pudding-headed, puerile, purblind, quarter-witted, retarded, ridiculous, rockheaded, sharp as a bowling ball, sheep-headed, silly, simple, slow, slow-witted, smooth-brained, stolid, stupid, thick-skulled, thickheaded, thickwitted, thick, unapprehensive, unclever, uninformed, unintelligent, unsmart, vacant, vacuous, witless, wooden-headed, wool-headed, woolly-headed, woolly-minded, dumb as a bag of hammers, dumb as a box of rocks, dumb as a doorknob, dumb as an ox, dumb as a post, dumb as a sack of hammers, dumb as dirt, dumber than a rock, not the sharpest crayon in the box, not the sharpest knife in the drawer, not the sharpest tool in the shed, thick as a brick, thick as a plank, thick as champ, thick as mince, thick as two short planks, thick as a whale omelette, ass-brained, fuckwitted, shit-for-brains, thick as pig shit

Antonyms: quick-witted, sharp-witted, astute, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, educated, genius, gifted, hivey, ingenious, intellectual, intelligent, keen, knowledgeable, piquant, quick, quick on the uptake, rational, sagacious, savvy, scholared, sharp, smart, talented, whip-smart, wise

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adjective satellite

Meaning 2

retarded in intellectual development

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: backward, half-witted, feebleminded

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: fəhmsiz — lacking a keen or swift intellect
  • Azerbaijani: anlaqsız — lacking a keen or swift intellect
  • Azerbaijani: idraksız — lacking a keen or swift intellect
  • Bulgarian: бавно загряващ (bavno zagrjavašt) — lacking a keen or swift intellect
  • Dutch: traag van begrip — lacking a keen or swift intellect
  • Dutch: sloom — lacking a keen or swift intellect
  • Faroese: tornæmur — lacking a keen or swift intellect
  • German: begriffsstutzig — lacking a keen or swift intellect
  • Icelandic: treggáfaður — lacking a keen or swift intellect
  • Icelandic: tregur — lacking a keen or swift intellect
  • Italian: tardo — lacking a keen or swift intellect
  • Latin: tardus — lacking a keen or swift intellect
  • Polish: niedomyślny — lacking a keen or swift intellect
  • Russian: несмышлёный (nesmyšljónyj) — lacking a keen or swift intellect