Synonyms of cretin

cretin

noun

ˈkrē-tᵊn 

1

as in bastard

a person whose behavior is offensive to others

the captain finally had to deal with the cretin in the back of the plane

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bastard
• jerk
• clown
• dog
• moron
• idiot
• joker
• skunk
• rat
• creep
• boor
• lout
• scumbag
• toad
• vermin
• scum
• swine
• brute
• heel
• schmuck
• louse
• beast
• snake
• brat
• fool
• reptile
• rotter
• bugger
• bounder
• cad
• blighter
• dirtbag
• villain
• sod
• stinker
• varmint
• cur
• buzzard
• so-and-so
• pill
• hound
• slime
• churl
• fink
• scuzzball
• slob
• slimeball
• son of a gun
• sleazebag
• barbarian
• nuisance
• bleeder
• sleaze
• crud
• sleazeball
• chuff
• savage
• wretch
• crumb
• scoundrel
• imbecile
• rat fink
• nerd
• vulgarian
• lowlife
• loudmouth
• dolt
• stinkard
• rascal
• caveman
• Neanderthal
• miscreant
• jackass
• blockhead
• nincompoop
• rogue
• ninny
• scab
• nitwit
• scamp
• goon
• roughneck
• airhead
• booby
• schmo
• snob
• doofus
• dope
• snot
• dork
• half-wit
• turkey
• insolent
• pest
• dink
• dweeb
• nut
• nit
• birdbrain
• snip
• snoot

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hero
• gentleman
• lady
• heroine
• idol
• role model
• saint
• angel

2

as in moron

a stupid person

in discussions anyone who disagrees with her is inevitably called a cretin

Synonyms & Similar Words

• moron
• idiot
• stupid
• imbecile
• prat
• ignoramus
• dolt
• dullard
• fool
• know-nothing
• loser
• dunderhead
• dimwit
• dunce
• simpleton
• mutt
• dummy
• numskull
• bonehead
• blockhead
• knucklehead
• pinhead
• jackass
• nincompoop
• lunkhead
• oaf
• half-wit
• loon
• chucklehead
• ninny
• stupe
• goon
• donkey
• meathead
• nitwit
• airhead
• dummkopf
• ratbag
• bubblehead
• dumbhead
• schnook
• doofus
• fathead
• nimrod
• hardhead
• golem
• dope
• chowderhead
• goof
• jerk
• hammerhead
• schlub
• dumbbell
• lamebrain
• birdbrain
• dork
• gander
• yahoo
• dum-dum
• noddy
• turkey
• deadhead
• noodle
• cluck
• clown
• buffoon
• dodo
• saphead
• dip
• clunk
• dim bulb
• loggerhead
• mome
• dumb cluck
• ninnyhammer
• nit
• goose
• lump
• stock
• cuddy
• woodenhead
• clodpoll
• thickhead
• villain
• clot
• madman
• loony
• skunk
• booby
• yo-yo
• mug
• nut
• boor
• creep
• zany
• snake
• scatterbrain
• gawk
• heel
• beast
• cad
• stinker
• featherbrain
• cur
• churl

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brain
• genius
• intellect
• thinker
• intellectual
• sage
• wizard
• whiz
• polymath
• Renaissance man
• sharpie

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cretin

But the good things Huff did 10 years ago don’t give him a lifetime pass to be a cretin. — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2020

There are the buck-passers, cretins who are content to simply stand up, find another table, and pass their misfortune on to some other unsuspecting soul. — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 26 Aug. 2019

Law's take on the royal cretin Vortigern ranges from very evil to very, very evil. — John Serba | [email protected], NOLA.com, 12 May 2017

The problem, of course, is a small minority of cretins who are destructive just for the sake of being destructive, without any regard for the environment or any consideration for others who deserve to see our natural areas without blemish. — Steve Lipsher, The Denver Post, 22 Apr. 2017