Synonyms of numskulls

numskulls

noun

variants or numbskulls

plural of numskull

as in morons

a stupid person

don't be such a numskull—you know he was only kidding

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of numskulls

By contrast, the Bowdens act like complete numbskulls in this episode of Cape Fear because the plot requires them to do so. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 26 June 2026

Movies like Eddington and The Mastermind also render their white male protagonists as ill-prepared and ineffectual numbskulls incapable of confronting their era’s racial and social politics. — Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025