thick as a brick en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(not-comparable, qualifier:simile) Very stupid; slow to learn or understand.
So you ride yourselves over the fields And you make all your animal deals And your wise men don't know how it feels To be thick as a brick.
1972, “Thick As A Brick”, Ian Anderson (lyrics), performed by Jethro Tull:
Synonyms
inane · dull · unapprehensive · woolly-headed · boneheaded · dozy · stolid · mindless · dumb as a box of rocks · vacuous · flea-brained · crackbrained · pudding-headed · fatheaded · beefheaded · thick as a brick · thick as a whale omelette · unclever · uninformed · thick as two short planks · airheaded · lamebrained · knuckleheaded · dim-bulb · dull-headed · thick as a plank · blockheaded · puerile · mentally challenged · witless · daft · lunkheaded · peabrained · sheep-headed · dumb as a doorknob · dumb as dirt · childish · insipid · smooth-brained · vacant · boofheaded · wooden-headed · imbecilic · foolish · purblind · thick-skulled · dumber than a box of rocks · addlebrained · half-witted · half-brained · dumb as a bag of hammers · fuckwitted · slow · nitwitted · intellectually challenged · idiotic · dim-witted · fuzzy-headed · dopey · thickwitted · thickheaded · dense · dumb as an ox · dim-headed · fuzzy-minded · slow on the uptake · moronic · dunderheaded · Boeotian · cerebrally challenged · silly · sharp as a bowling ball · bee-brained · bullet-headed · pratty · dumber than a rock · beef-witted · buffle-headed · woolly-minded · monosynaptic · numbskulled · thick · obtuse · retarded · dull-witted · unsmart · dumb as a sack of hammers · dumb as a post · chuckleheaded · simple · dumb · wool-headed · thick as champ · not the sharpest knife in the drawer · feeble-minded · shit-for-brains · lumpish · beetle-headed · not the sharpest crayon in the box · rockheaded · dented · slow-witted · ignorant · dumb as an ox · soft · brainless · mentally retarded · not the sharpest tool in the shed · addlepated · muttonheaded · thick as pig shit · empty-headed · bubbleheaded · goofy · drowsy · doltish · dull-minded · quarter-witted · oafish · ass-brained · cretinous · ridiculous · unintelligent · birdbrained · stupid · chowderheaded · hammer-headed · braindead · dim · thick as mince · lowbrow
Translations (32)
sv dum som en gås (Translations) · ru тупо́й, как про́бка (Translations) · da dum som et bræt (Translations) · fr con comme la lune (Translations) · fr bête à manger du foin (Translations) · fr bête comme ses pieds (Translations) · fr con comme une chaise (Translations) · fi tyhmä kuin saapas (Translations) · cs blbý jako troky (Translations) · sk hlúpy ako peň (Translations) · ro prost ca noaptea (Translations) · fr con comme un manche (Translations) · eo malsaĝa kiel ŝtipo (Translations) · he טיפש כמו נעל (Translations) · pt burro como uma porta (Translations) · de dumm wie Brot (Translations) · da dum som en skovl (Translations) · sl neumen kot noč (Translations) · nl plank voor het hoofd (Translations) · da dum som en dør (Translations) · dsb głupy ako pjeńk (Translations) · cs tupý jako necky (Translations) · is nautheimskur (Translations) · pl głupi jak but (Translations) · dsb głupy ako snop (Translations) · cmn 愚不可及 (Translations) · nb dum som et brød (Translations) · fr con comme un balai (Translations) · cs blbý jako tágo (Translations) · de dumm wie Bohnenstroh (Translations) · ru туп как сиби́рский ва́ленок (Translations) · nb dum som en stut (Translations)