Synonyms
- airheaded
- birdbrained
- bonehead
- boneheaded
- brain-dead
- brainless
- bubbleheaded
- chuckleheaded
- dense
- dim
- dim-witted
- doltish
- dopey
- dopy
- dorky [slang]
- dull
- dumb
- dunderheaded
- empty-headed
- fatuous
- gormless [chiefly British]
- half-witted
- knuckleheaded
- lamebrain
- lamebrained
- lunkheaded
- mindless
- oafish
- obtuse
- opaque
- pinheaded
- senseless
- simple
- slow
- soft
- softheaded
- stupid
- thick
- thick-witted
- thickheaded
- unintelligent
- unsmart
- vacuous
- weak-minded
- witless
Examples of slow-witted in a Sentence
all but the most slow-witted readers will have solved the mystery long before they reach the book's final chapter
Recent Examples on the Web
Conservative media has since helped amplify the idea that Biden is a slow-witted geezer.
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Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2024
Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2024
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“Slow-witted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slow-witted. Accessed 10 May. 2024.
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