Dolt

/dəʊlt/

Synonyms for "dolt" (112 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Noun(3 words)

ass birdbrain block blockhead blunderer blunderhead boeotian bonehead boob booby boor botcher bumbler bungler chucklehead chump clod clodhopper clodknocker clot

Strong matches (33)

clown dimwitding-a-lingdingbat dodo dolthead donkey dope drip duffer dullarddumb cluckdumbbell dummy dunce dunderhead dunderpate fathead flake fool

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fumbler gawk goon gowk halfwit idiot

Noun(6 words)

cretin dullard dummies dunce fool goof

Verb(1 words)

gawks

Related words (56)

ignoramus imbecile jerk jobbernowl klutzknow nothinglackwit lamebrain lightweight looby loon lout lubber lunkhead moron muddlehead mug muggins mutt niais

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nincompoop ninny ninnyhammer nitwit noddy numskull oaf ox pinhead poke prune put silly simpleton slouch slubberer stupid thickwit twit witling yokel zombie

Noun(14 words)

klutz lummox ninnies ninny nitwit pillock pinheadspoor fishpudden-headpudding headschlepps stupe stupidstupid person

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

5 entries

being human person simple simpleton

More specific

9 entries

airhead blockhead bonehead goof klutz lummox ninny nitwit scatterbrain

Collocations

5 entries

complete doltdoltish remarkharmless doltlocal dolttotal dolt

Inflections

1 entries

dolts

Derivations

4 entries

doltiness doltish doltishly doltishness

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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Only a dolt could fail to understand what was implied by that letter.

Source: tatoeba (8928688)

O Gull, oh dolt, / As ignorant as durt:[…]

Source: wiktionary

Moſt Monſter-like, be ſhewne / For poor'ſt Diminutiues, for Dolts, […]

Source: wiktionary

This Puck seemes but a dreaming dolt.

Source: wiktionary

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