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Synonyms & Antonyms of thick-witted
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily
- one of the most overused clichés of teen comedies: the thick-witted high school jock
Synonyms for thick-witted
- airheaded,
- birdbrained,
- bonehead,
- boneheaded,
- brain-dead,
- brainless,
- bubbleheaded,
- chuckleheaded,
- dense,
- dim,
- dim-witted,
- doltish,
- dopey
- (also dopy),
- dorky
- [slang],
- dull,
- dumb,
- dunderheaded,
- empty-headed,
- fatuous,
- gormless
- [chiefly British],
- half-witted,
- knuckleheaded,
- lamebrain
- (or lamebrained),
- lunkheaded,
- mindless,
- oafish,
- obtuse,
- opaque,
- pinheaded,
- senseless,
- simple,
- slow,
- slow-witted,
- soft,
- softheaded,
- stupid,
- thick,
- thickheaded,
- unintelligent,
- unsmart,
- vacuous,
- weak-minded,
- witless
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The first known use of thick-witted was in 1634
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