Synonyms of idiots

idiots

noun

plural of idiot

as in morons

a stupid person

only an idiot would invest in a company just because a casual acquaintance recommended it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• morons
• stupids
• lunatics
• dummies
• prats
• fools
• losers
• imbeciles
• dolts
• mutts
• dimwits
• knuckleheads
• dopes
• ignoramuses
• dullards
• donkeys
• blockheads
• yahoos
• boneheads
• jackasses
• dunces
• dunderheads
• simpletons
• numskulls
• pinheads
• cretins
• chuckleheads
• goons
• ninnies
• loons
• airheads
• nitwits
• lunkheads
• nimrods
• oafs
• jerks
• nuts
• deadheads
• clowns
• stupes
• nincompoops
• geese
• meatheads
• goofs
• dorks
• schlubs
• fatheads
• hardheads
• turkeys
• bubbleheads
• know-nothings
• doofuses
• villains
• ganders
• noddies
• golems
• dips
• hammerheads
• lumps
• dumb clucks
• birdbrains
• clucks
• ratbags
• half-wits
• stocks
• buffoons
• noodles
• dumbbells
• sapheads
• loggerheads
• chowderheads
• lamebrains
• clunks
• momes
• nits
• madmen
• cuddies
• skunks
• thickheads
• dum-dums
• schnooks
• dodoes
• dumbheads
• dim bulbs
• loonies
• ninnyhammers
• clots
• clodpolls
• dummkopfs
• woodenheads
• snakes
• boobies
• zanies
• beasts
• yo-yos
• creeps
• mugs
• gawks
• boors
• scatterbrains
• cads
• heels
• stinkers
• curs
• churls
• featherbrains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brains
• geniuses
• intellectuals
• thinkers
• sages
• intellects
• wizards
• whizzes
• Renaissance men
• polymaths
• sharpies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of idiots

Eleven gullible idiots were talked into acquitting because of an imaginary female ailment. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026

And then there’s the culture of the scientists, and these idiots can’t read Dickens. — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026

That's the continous nonsense these idiots provide to a website like OutKick. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Tallahassee lawmakers must think their constituents are idiots. — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026

In McBride’s work, collections of idiots and unlikable misfits strive for power and achievement and are inevitably foiled by their own flaws. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 16 July 2026

Colocousis said people who think scam victims like him are gullible idiots don’t understand the sophistication of criminal organizations behind online fraud. — ABC News, 30 June 2026

Freedom from screech No one wants to sit near idiots who just want to scream about their love of their team and provoke fans into fights, like the one Monday between Yankees and Rangers fans at Globe Life Field. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026