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plural of simpleton
Synonyms & Antonyms of simpletons
1
a person who lacks good sense or judgment
- his silly antics at office parties have earned him a reputation as a simpleton
Synonyms for simpletons
- berks
- [British],
- boobies,
- charlies
- (also charleys)
- [British],
- cuckoos,
- ding-a-lings,
- dingbats,
- ding-dongs,
- dipsticks,
- doofuses
- (also dufuses)
- [slang],
- featherheads,
- fools,
- geese,
- gits
- [British],
- half-wits,
- jackasses,
- lunatics,
- mooncalves,
- nincompoops,
- ninnies,
- ninnyhammers,
- nits
- [chiefly British],
- nitwits,
- nutcases,
- nuts,
- simps,
- turkeys,
- yo-yos
Words Related to simpletons
- madmen,
- madwomen
- airheads,
- birdbrains,
- blockheads,
- dodoes
- (or dodos),
- dolts,
- donkeys,
- dopes,
- dorks
- [slang],
- dumbbells,
- dummies,
- dunces,
- fatheads,
- ganders,
- goons,
- idiots,
- ignoramuses
- (also ignorami),
- imbeciles,
- know-nothings,
- knuckleheads,
- morons,
- numskulls
- (or numbskulls),
- pinheads,
- schlubs
- (also shlubs)
- [slang],
- schlumps
- [slang],
- schnooks
- [slang],
- stocks
- chumps,
- losers,
- schlemiels
- (also shlemiels)
Near Antonyms for simpletons
2
a stupid person
- she felt like such a simpleton for needing help to install her home theater
Synonyms for simpletons
- airheads,
- birdbrains,
- blockheads,
- boneheads,
- bubbleheads,
- chowderheads,
- chuckleheads,
- clodpolls
- (or clodpoles),
- clots
- [British],
- clucks,
- clunks,
- cretins,
- cuddies
- [British dialect],
- deadheads,
- dim bulbs
- [slang],
- dimwits,
- dips,
- dodoes
- (or dodos),
- dolts,
- donkeys,
- doofuses
- (also dufuses)
- [slang],
- dopes,
- dorks
- [slang],
- dullards,
- dumbbells,
- dumbheads,
- dum-dums,
- dummies,
- dummkopfs,
- dunces,
- dunderheads,
- fatheads,
- ganders,
- golems,
- goofs,
- goons,
- half-wits,
- hammerheads,
- hardheads,
- idiots,
- ignoramuses
- (also ignorami),
- imbeciles,
- jackasses,
- know-nothings,
- knuckleheads,
- lamebrains,
- loggerheads
- [chiefly dialect],
- loons,
- lumps,
- lunkheads,
- meatheads,
- momes
- [archaic],
- morons,
- mugs
- [chiefly British],
- mutts,
- naturals,
- nimrods
- [slang],
- nincompoops,
- ninnies,
- ninnyhammers,
- nits
- [chiefly British],
- nitwits,
- noddies,
- noodles,
- numskulls
- (or numbskulls),
- oafs,
- pinheads,
- prats
- [British],
- ratbags
- [chiefly Australian],
- sapheads,
- schlubs
- (also shlubs)
- [slang],
- schnooks
- [slang],
- stocks,
- stupes,
- stupids,
- thickheads,
- turkeys,
- woodenheads,
- yahoos,
- yo-yos
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“Simpletons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simpletons. Accessed 19 Aug. 2022.
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