as in idiot
a stupid person
he's always jokingly calling his best friend a dolt
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Recent Examples of dolt
Woke scolds and anti-woke dolts alike objected to the image of Carpenter kneeling in front of a man who appears to be using her hair as a leash.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Those dolts and laggards that were holding them back are no longer a boat anchor.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
As boss, Patrick Kramer eschews the oily portrayal of some to make his Franklin Hart a straight-up dolt.
—Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
That tension is central to the third season, in which Harington’s Sir Henry Muck—an old-money dolt with a hilariously accurate name who is a perpetual disappointment to his family—enlists the bank to help launch a green-energy company.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Those dolts and laggards that were holding them back are no longer a boat anchor.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
As boss, Patrick Kramer eschews the oily portrayal of some to make his Franklin Hart a straight-up dolt.
—Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
That tension is central to the third season, in which Harington’s Sir Henry Muck—an old-money dolt with a hilariously accurate name who is a perpetual disappointment to his family—enlists the bank to help launch a green-energy company.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dolt
Noun
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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
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Overwhelmingly, though, the most common response was to seek confirmation of their suspicions that Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were morons.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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There is nothing in the past year that suggests that the portion of this global event that will take place in the U.S. will proceed with anything less than exhausting chaos, a spoonful of stupid, and a dash of tragedy.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Jan. 2026
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And then, the rest of her life, filled with big stupids and everything else, will begin.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
19 Nov. 2025
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“Dolt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dolt. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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