Synonyms of dim-witted

dim-witted

adjective

as in dumb

not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily

the show's amateur sleuth always has to explain to the dim-witted police chief who really committed the murder

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dumb
• stupid
• slow
• simple
• thick
• ignorant
• foolish
• dull
• dense
• idiotic
• doltish
• unintelligent
• dopey
• oafish
• thickheaded
• witless
• brain-dead
• brainless
• obtuse
• fatuous
• vacuous
• pinheaded
• mindless
• slow-witted
• boneheaded
• silly
• weak-minded
• bonehead
• dopy
• dim
• gormless
• dorky
• softheaded
• dunderheaded
• opaque
• irrational
• unreasonable
• airheaded
• soft
• empty-headed
• half-witted
• mad
• senseless
• lamebrained
• insane
• knuckleheaded
• lamebrain
• thick-witted
• lunkheaded
• bubbleheaded
• chuckleheaded
• crazy
• moronic
• idiotical
• unsmart
• birdbrained
• looney
• cretinous
• imbecilic
• simpleminded
• feebleminded
• imbecile
• lunatic
• uneducated
• uninformed
• absurd
• fool
• illiterate
• unthinking
• unintellectual
• zany
• untaught
• dippy
• lowbrow
• whacky
• loony
• asinine
• illogical
• harebrained
• nutty
• daffy
• nonsensical
• cuckoo
• daft
• unwise
• wacky
• preposterous
• kooky
• sappy
• fallacious
• invalid
• screwball
• dotty
• cockeyed
• crackpot
• half-baked
• boobish
• balmy
• kookie
• tomfool
• featherheaded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• intelligent
• brilliant
• clever
• smart
• quick
• bright
• apt
• resourceful
• ingenious
• nimble
• sharp
• keen
• fast
• wise
• acute
• astute
• sagacious
• brainy
• savvy
• perceptive
• intellectual
• thinking
• cerebral
• quick-witted
• insightful
• knowledgeable
• erudite
• sharp-witted
• keen
• skilled
• knowing
• literate
• supersmart
• discerning
• hyperintelligent
• sage
• scholarly
• learned
• shrewd
• perspicacious
• educated
• wily
• cunning
• informed
• trained
• ultrasmart
• sapient
• crafty
• reasonable
• sensible
• sound
• prudent
• highbrow
• logical
• well-read
• percipient
• rational
• sane
• valid
• judicious
• foxy
• schooled