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

An audience used to having a cretin to groan at would need a new target. — Brian Grubb, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025

In Abercrombie’s fiction, the shining hero on horseback may be the most wretched cretin of them all, while the dandy of a prince, despised by his own people, is the one person with real courage and decency. — Erik Kain, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2021

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