DIM BULBS Synonyms: 126 Similar and Opposite Words

dim bulbs

noun

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plural of dim bulb, slang

as in morons

a stupid person was considered something of a dim bulb at work

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Recent Examples of dim bulbs That’s because well more than half of the universe’s stars are tiny, cool red dwarfs, dim bulbs with half to less than 10 percent of the sun’s mass. —

Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2026

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There are complicated brain-chemistry factors involved that have to do with testosterone, and dopaminergic systems, and kappa-opioid receptors, all of which seem to add up to a Jim Gaffigan joke about how men are morons compared with their wives.

— McKay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026