Entry Word: stupid

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily <it's not nice to constantly call your brother stupid and ugly> <donʼt ask stupid questions>

Synonyms brainless, dense, doltish, dopey, dorky [slang], dull, dumb, fatuous, half-witted, mindless, oafish, obtuse, senseless, simple, slow, thick, thickheaded, unintelligent, vacuous, weak-minded, witless

Related Words feebleminded, retarded, simpleminded; foolish, idiotic, imbecile, imbecilic, moronic; ignorant, illiterate, lowbrow, uneducated, uninformed, untaught, unthinking; absurd, asinine, balmy, cockeyed, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dotty, harebrained, insane, kooky, loony (also looney), lunatic, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, screwball, silly, unwise, wacky, zany; fallacious, illogical, invalid, irrational, unreasonable

Near Antonyms ingenious, resourceful; acute, astute, discerning, insightful, keen, knowing, perceptive, perspicacious, sagacious, sage, sapient, savvy, wise; cerebral, erudite, highbrow, intellectual, knowledgeable, learned, literate, scholarly, thinking, well-read; educated, informed, schooled, skilled, trained; crafty, cunning, foxy, shrewd, wily; judicious, prudent, sane, sensible, sound; logical, rational, reasonable, valid

Antonyms apt, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, intelligent, keen, nimble, quick, quick-witted, sharp, sharp-witted, smart

2 causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest <I canʼt believe we sat through the whole stupid movie> — see boring
3 showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment <not liking the captain is a stupid reason to quit the team> — see foolish 1