Synonyms of weak-minded

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adjective

ˈwēk-ˈmīn-dəd 

1

as in stupid

not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily

I felt a little weak-minded at the beginning of the semester but eventually the class was a breeze

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stupid
• dumb
• slow
• simple
• foolish
• ignorant
• thick
• idiotic
• unintelligent
• dull
• dense
• thickheaded
• witless
• doltish
• brain-dead
• dopey
• mindless
• brainless
• fatuous
• vacuous
• irrational
• obtuse
• silly
• pinheaded
• insane
• unreasonable
• mad
• oafish
• boneheaded
• dim-witted
• softheaded
• empty-headed
• soft
• bonehead
• slow-witted
• dim
• dopy
• lamebrained
• senseless
• half-witted
• gormless
• lamebrain
• opaque
• dorky
• crazy
• thick-witted
• dunderheaded
• airheaded
• knuckleheaded
• feebleminded
• idiotical
• unsmart
• lunkheaded
• moronic
• chuckleheaded
• bubbleheaded
• lunatic
• imbecile
• birdbrained
• uneducated
• simpleminded
• uninformed
• looney
• fool
• cretinous
• imbecilic
• absurd
• unthinking
• illiterate
• unintellectual
• untaught
• unwise
• illogical
• asinine
• loony
• invalid
• nutty
• fallacious
• cuckoo
• lowbrow
• nonsensical
• whacky
• daft
• preposterous
• zany
• dippy
• harebrained
• kooky
• daffy
• sappy
• wacky
• crackpot
• screwball
• dotty
• cockeyed
• half-baked
• boobish
• kookie
• tomfool
• balmy
• featherheaded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• intelligent
• brilliant
• clever
• smart
• quick
• apt
• wise
• bright
• ingenious
• resourceful
• keen
• sharp
• fast
• nimble
• acute
• thinking
• astute
• intellectual
• sagacious
• savvy
• perceptive
• cerebral
• discerning
• knowing
• insightful
• keen
• brainy
• knowledgeable
• skilled
• quick-witted
• sage
• erudite
• literate
• supersmart
• learned
• cunning
• educated
• sharp-witted
• shrewd
• hyperintelligent
• scholarly
• informed
• wily
• ultrasmart
• trained
• perspicacious
• crafty
• reasonable
• sapient
• sensible
• prudent
• sane
• sound
• rational
• percipient
• logical
• valid
• well-read
• judicious
• highbrow
• foxy
• schooled

2

as in foolish

showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment

a weak-minded decision to use all of their savings to buy lottery tickets in the hopes of hitting the jackpot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• foolish
• stupid
• silly
• absurd
• mad
• crazy
• insane
• idiotic
• lunatic
• irrational
• fool
• dumb
• weak
• witless
• simpleminded
• unwise
• brainless
• ridiculous
• simple
• looney
• fatuous
• asinine
• inept
• idiotical
• loony
• nutty
• unreasonable
• nonsensical
• whacky
• daft
• preposterous
• zany
• unreasoning
• dippy
• half-witted
• harebrained
• kooky
• senseless
• daffy
• cuckoo
• sappy
• wacky
• slow
• jerky
• crackpot
• screwball
• dotty
• moronic
• feebleminded
• out to lunch
• imbecile
• unintelligent
• lunkheaded
• thoughtless
• bubbleheaded
• clueless
• thickheaded
• cockeyed
• half-baked
• imbecilic
• doltish
• kookie
• tomfool
• brain-dead
• illogical
• balmy
• dopey
• mindless
• vacuous
• obtuse
• unreasoned
• lamebrain
• featherheaded
• pinheaded
• dunderheaded
• fallacious
• oafish
• dim-witted
• softheaded
• invalid
• dull
• empty-headed
• dim
• dense
• slow-witted
• nonrational
• dopy
• lamebrained
• laughable
• gormless
• ludicrous
• unsound
• dorky
• opaque
• airheaded
• knuckleheaded
• soft
• thick
• chuckleheaded
• farcical
• clownish
• surd
• birdbrained
• buffoonish
• ill-advised
• unconsidered
• notional
• chowderheaded
• boobish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wise
• sensible
• prudent
• sound
• sane
• intelligent
• judicious
• clever
• smart
• sagacious
• reasonable
• bright
• rational
• logical
• valid
• sage
• sapient
• brainy
• well-advised

weak-mindedness

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noun

as in thickness

the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind

though the dog that the family took in was friendly and loyal, his weak-mindedness made him quite difficult to train

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thickness
• stupidness
• dulness
• obtuseness
• stupidity
• slowness
• dullness
• foolishness
• mindlessness
• boneheadedness
• dopiness
• witlessness
• oafishness
• insanity
• dumbness
• denseness
• doltishness
• density
• brainlessness
• dorkiness
• fatuity
• gormlessness
• simpleness
• simplicity
• dim-wittedness
• vacuity
• feeblemindedness
• senselessness
• madness
• idiocy
• absurdity
• simplemindedness
• fatuousness
• irrationality
• craziness
• unreasonableness
• inaneness
• nincompoopery
• dottiness
• daftness
• wackiness
• preposterousness
• nonsensicalness
• silliness
• zaniness
• nuttiness
• inanity
• fallacy
• lunacy
• mental retardation
• balminess
• mental deficiency
• asininity
• folly
• dippiness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• intelligence
• brightness
• brilliance
• cleverness
• quickness
• smartness
• perception
• judgment
• judgement
• sharpness
• insight
• keenness
• perspicacity
• astuteness
• acumen
• alertness
• discernment
• quick-wittedness
• braininess
• wisdom
• sagacity
• wit
• rationality
• validity
• percipience
• reasonableness
• soundness
• sapience
• sageness
• logicality
• logicalness
• rationalness

Examples of weak-minded in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Whereas Navalny was poisoned, DT is actually doing the poisoning of his weak-minded supporters. —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2024

Quickly, and almost imperceptibly, the impressionable and weak-minded Ernest is coaxed into Hale’s running, murderous plot to accrue even more Osage wealth. —Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024

The young man is a weak-minded child in an adult body. —Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023