slow-witted en · ADJ
Meanings
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Lacking a keen or swift intellect, not too bright or not too swift.
The ape-man was all attention in an instant. He asked questions as rapidly as the slow-witted anthropoid could answer them.
1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 199:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more slow-witted | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most slow-witted | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
quick-witted · quick-witted · educated · intellectual · talented · smart · rational · wise · ingenious · piquant · savvy · quick · quick on the uptake · sharp · bright · brainy · astute · whip-smart · genius · knowledgeable · scholared · gifted · clever · keen · sagacious · sharp-witted · brilliant · intelligent · hivey
Deriveds
slow-wittedly · slow-wittedness
Synonyms
dumber than a box of rocks · inane · woolly-headed · nitwitted · intellectually challenged · beefheaded · dim · pratty · dim-bulb · blockheaded · boofheaded · woolly-minded · mentally retarded · slow-witted · crackbrained · slow on the uptake · dumb as dirt · dumber than a rock · dull-minded · vacuous · oafish · simple · stolid · bee-brained · unintelligent · dumb · childish · unsmart · witless · foolish · half-brained · dented · dumb as a bag of hammers · numbskulled · buffle-headed · silly · wooden-headed · insipid · chowderheaded · daft · dull-witted · monosynaptic · knuckleheaded · unapprehensive · addlepated · empty-headed · fuzzy-minded · airheaded · sheep-headed · thick as pig shit · thick as two short planks · thick · not the sharpest knife in the drawer · thick as a brick · not the sharpest tool in the shed · lumpish · pudding-headed · cretinous · brainless · braindead · shit-for-brains · purblind · soft · dumb as a post · dumb as a box of rocks · bullet-headed · slow · thick as a whale omelette · chuckleheaded · beef-witted · peabrained · thick as champ · doltish · idiotic · mentally challenged · retarded · dense · fatheaded · feeble-minded · mindless · thickwitted · stupid · lunkheaded · dozy · slow on the uptake · beetle-headed · ass-brained · sharp as a bowling ball · ignorant · dim-headed · Boeotian · drowsy · uninformed · muttonheaded · smooth-brained · fuckwitted · wool-headed · not the sharpest crayon in the box · thickheaded · lowbrow · puerile · birdbrained · dunderheaded · obtuse · dopey · thick-skulled · rockheaded · fuzzy-headed · dim-witted · bubbleheaded · unclever · boneheaded · cerebrally challenged · addlebrained · dull-headed · dull-witted · quarter-witted · dumb as a sack of hammers · lamebrained · half-witted · dull · moronic · hammer-headed · goofy · imbecilic · dumb as an ox · flea-brained · dumb as a doorknob · vacant · ridiculous · thick as a plank · thick as mince
Translations (14)
pl niedomyślny (lacking a keen or swift intellect) · az anlaqsız (lacking a keen or swift intellect) · it tardo (lacking a keen or swift intellect) · is treggáfaður (lacking a keen or swift intellect) · bg бавно загряващ (lacking a keen or swift intellect) · la tardus (lacking a keen or swift intellect) · is tregur (lacking a keen or swift intellect) · nl traag van begrip (lacking a keen or swift intellect) · az fəhmsiz (lacking a keen or swift intellect) · de begriffsstutzig (lacking a keen or swift intellect) · fo tornæmur (lacking a keen or swift intellect) · nl sloom (lacking a keen or swift intellect) · az idraksız (lacking a keen or swift intellect) · ru несмышлёный (lacking a keen or swift intellect)