Standard Lemma guide

stupe

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • /stjuːp/
  • /stuːp/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uːp

1

noun

Meaning 1

A stupid person or (rarely) thing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

Examples

  • He thinks Santa lives at the South Pole? What a stupe!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A hot, wet medicated cloth or sponge applied externally.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To foment with such a cloth or sponge.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

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, dullard, 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

Shortening of stupid.

From Middle English, from Latin stūpa, variant of stuppa.