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stupidity

noun · 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /stjuːˈpɪdɪti/
  • General-American: /stuˈpɪdɪti/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪdɪti
  • CMU ARPABET: S T UW0 P IH1 D IH0 T IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The property of being stupid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • I suppose you can put it down to gross stupidity, but that's not much of an excuse.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An act that is stupid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • Jimmy's stupidity cost him his car.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a stupid mistake

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mistake, error, fault

4

noun

Meaning 4

a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: intelligence

Broader terms: inability

Narrower terms: denseness, dumbness, slow-wittedness, dullness, obtuseness, retardation, mental retardation, backwardness, slowness, subnormality, folly, foolishness, craziness, madness, vacuousness

History

Etymology

From Latin stupiditātem, accusative of Latin stupiditās, equivalent to stupid + -ity.

Across languages

Translations

123 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غَبَاء (ḡabāʔ) — property of being stupid
  • Arabic: غَبَاوَة (ḡabāwa) — property of being stupid
  • Arabic: بَلَاهَة (balāha) — property of being stupid
  • Arabic: غباء (ḡabāʔ) — property of being stupid
  • Arabic: تَخَلُّف (taḵalluf) — property of being stupid
  • Arabic: بلاهة (balāha) — property of being stupid
  • Arabic: هبالة (habāla) — property of being stupid
  • Armenian: հիմարություն (himarutʻyun) — property of being stupid
  • Belarusian: ду́расць (dúrascʹ) — property of being stupid
  • Belarusian: глу́пства (hlúpstva) — property of being stupid
  • Bengali: মূর্খতা (murkhôta) — property of being stupid
  • Bulgarian: глу́пост (glúpost) — property of being stupid
  • Catalan: estupidesa — property of being stupid
  • Chinese Mandarin: 愚蠢 (yúchǔn) — property of being stupid
  • Czech: hloupost — property of being stupid
  • Dutch: stomheid — property of being stupid
  • Dutch: domheid — property of being stupid
  • Esperanto: stulteco — property of being stupid
  • Finnish: typeryys — property of being stupid
  • Finnish: älyttömyys — property of being stupid
  • French: stupidité — property of being stupid
  • French: idiotie — property of being stupid
  • Galician: estupidez — property of being stupid
  • Galician: burremia — property of being stupid
  • German: Dummheit — property of being stupid
  • Ancient Greek: ἀνοησία (anoēsía) — property of being stupid
  • Ancient Greek: ἀσυνεσία (asunesía) — property of being stupid
  • Ancient Greek: βλακεία (blakeía) — property of being stupid
  • Hungarian: butaság — property of being stupid
  • Italian: stupidità — property of being stupid
  • Latvian: stulbums — property of being stupid
  • Latvian: stulbība — property of being stupid
  • Latvian: muļķība — property of being stupid
  • Macedonian: глупост (glupost) — property of being stupid
  • Malay: kebodohan — property of being stupid
  • Malayalam: വിഡ്ഢിത്തം (viḍḍhittaṁ) — property of being stupid
  • Mongo: liboma — property of being stupid
  • Navajo: diigis — property of being stupid
  • Occitan: estupiditat — property of being stupid
  • Old Church Slavonic: ѫродьство (ǫrodĭstvo) — property of being stupid
  • Plautdietsch: Domheit — property of being stupid
  • Polish: głupota — property of being stupid
  • Portuguese: estupidez — property of being stupid
  • Portuguese: burrice — property of being stupid
  • Romanian: stupiditate — property of being stupid
  • Romanian: prostie — property of being stupid
  • Romanian: tâmpenie — property of being stupid
  • Russian: глу́пость (glúpostʹ) — property of being stupid
  • Russian: ту́пость (túpostʹ) — property of being stupid
  • Russian: ду́рость (dúrostʹ) — property of being stupid
  • Serbo-Croatian: глупост — property of being stupid
  • Serbo-Croatian: glupost — property of being stupid
  • Slovak: hlúposť — property of being stupid
  • Slovene: neumnost — property of being stupid
  • Spanish: estupidez — property of being stupid
  • Spanish: burricie — property of being stupid
  • Spanish: tontería — property of being stupid
  • Spanish: cretinez — property of being stupid
  • Spanish: bobada — property of being stupid
  • Spanish: necedad — property of being stupid
  • Spanish: simpleza — property of being stupid
  • Spanish: memez — property of being stupid
  • Spanish: bobería — property of being stupid
  • Spanish: estulticia — property of being stupid
  • Spanish: majadería — property of being stupid
  • Spanish: sandez — property of being stupid
  • Swahili: ujinga — property of being stupid
  • Swedish: dumhet — property of being stupid
  • Swedish: enfald — property of being stupid
  • Tamil: மடமை (maṭamai) — property of being stupid
  • Telugu: జడత్వము (jaḍatvamu) — property of being stupid
  • Telugu: మూర్ఖత్వం (mūrkhatvaṁ) — property of being stupid
  • Telugu: తెలివితక్కువతనం (telivitakkuvatanaṁ) — property of being stupid
  • Turkish: aptallık — property of being stupid
  • Turkish: salaklık — property of being stupid
  • Ottoman Turkish: شاشقینلق (şaşkınlık) — property of being stupid
  • Ukrainian: ду́рість (dúristʹ) — property of being stupid
  • Ukrainian: глу́пство (hlúpstvo) — property of being stupid
  • Ukrainian: глупо́та (hlupóta) — property of being stupid
  • Volapük: stup — property of being stupid
  • Welsh: twpdra — property of being stupid
  • Armenian: հիմարություն (himarutʻyun) — act that is stupid
  • Chinese Mandarin: 愚蠢行为 (yúchǔnxíngwéi) — act that is stupid
  • Czech: hloupost — act that is stupid
  • Dutch: stommiteit — act that is stupid
  • Esperanto: stultaĵo — act that is stupid
  • Finnish: typeryys — act that is stupid
  • Finnish: hölmöily — act that is stupid
  • French: stupidité — act that is stupid
  • French: idiotie — act that is stupid
  • French: ânerie — act that is stupid
  • French: sottise — act that is stupid
  • French: bêtise — act that is stupid
  • Galician: parvada — act that is stupid
  • Galician: conachada — act that is stupid
  • German: Dummheit — act that is stupid
  • Greek: βλακεία (vlakeía) — act that is stupid
  • Hungarian: butaság — act that is stupid
  • Italian: stupidaggine — act that is stupid
  • Latvian: stulbums — act that is stupid
  • Latvian: stulbība — act that is stupid
  • Latvian: muļķība — act that is stupid
  • Malayalam: വിഡ്ഢിത്തം (viḍḍhittaṁ) — act that is stupid
  • Malayalam: മണ്ടത്തരം (maṇṭattaraṁ) — act that is stupid
  • Malayalam: മൂഢത (mūḍhata) — act that is stupid
  • Portuguese: estupidez — act that is stupid
  • Portuguese: asneira — act that is stupid
  • Romanian: stupiditate — act that is stupid
  • Russian: глу́пость (glúpostʹ) — act that is stupid
  • Spanish: estupidez — act that is stupid
  • Spanish: tontería — act that is stupid
  • Spanish: bobada — act that is stupid
  • Spanish: bobería — act that is stupid
  • Spanish: burricie — act that is stupid
  • Spanish: burrada — act that is stupid
  • Spanish: sandez — act that is stupid
  • Spanish: memez — act that is stupid
  • Spanish: necedad — act that is stupid
  • Spanish: tontuna — act that is stupid
  • Swedish: dumhet — act that is stupid
  • Tamil: மடத்தனம் (maṭattaṉam) — act that is stupid
  • Turkish: aptallık — act that is stupid
  • Turkish: salaklık — act that is stupid