Synonyms of unintelligent

unintelligent

adjective

ˌən-in-ˈte-lə-jənt 

as in dumb

not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily

you're not unintelligent, so you must just be stubbornly resisting all attempts to teach you something

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unintelligent

More and more people are avoiding dating or befriending those with opposing political views, and growing numbers describe those on the other side as closed-minded, dishonest, immoral and unintelligent. — Justin Callais, Twin Cities, 5 Mar. 2026

Still, Hassett called the report biased and unintelligent. — Jake Angelo, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026

And not because people are unintelligent — quite the opposite. — Jj Rosen, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Nov. 2025

The life of an unattractive and unintelligent young woman living in a dreary backwater in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. — New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025