as in idiots
a stupid person
he's always jokingly calling his best friend a dolt
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Recent Examples of dolts
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
Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dolts
idiots
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Anyone that votes for those people are absolute idiots.—
Gerardo Zavala,
NPR,
20 Sep. 2025
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Because some of them act like complete idiots, but Wendy is constantly outsmarting everyone.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Dolts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dolts. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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