Tom had to wear a dunce cap.
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Dunce
//dʌns//
Synonyms for "dunce" (311 found)
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Strong matches (93)
Noun(75 words)
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Noun(124 words)
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42 translations across 18 languages.
Belarusian
2 entries- ёлуп noun (unintelligent person)
- ёлупень noun (unintelligent person)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- cail noun (unintelligent person)
Czech
3 entries- blbec noun (unintelligent person)
- poleno noun (unintelligent person)
- tupec noun (unintelligent person)
Esperanto
1 entries- malklerulo noun (unintelligent person)
Finnish
3 entries- aasi noun (unintelligent person)
- tyhmä noun (unintelligent person)
- typerys noun (unintelligent person)
French
1 entries- cancre noun (unintelligent person)
Galician
4 entries- bestello noun (unintelligent person)
- rude noun (unintelligent person)
- tamarugo noun (unintelligent person)
- tarulo noun (unintelligent person)
German
4 entries- Dummerjan noun (unintelligent person)
- Dummkopf noun (unintelligent person)
- Dämel noun (unintelligent person)
- Einfaltspinsel noun (unintelligent person)
Icelandic
1 entries- tossi noun (unintelligent person)
Latin
2 entries- barcala noun (unintelligent person)
- bārō noun (unintelligent person)
Macedonian
2 entries- дудук noun (unintelligent person)
- дунстер noun (unintelligent person)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- طوی noun (unintelligent person)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Dommajon noun (unintelligent person)
Polish
2 entries- antytalent noun (unintelligent person)
- nieuk noun (unintelligent person)
Russian
4 entries- балда́ noun (unintelligent person)
- идио́т noun (unintelligent person)
- не́уч noun (unintelligent person)
- остоло́п noun (unintelligent person)
Spanish
1 entries- tonto de capirote noun (unintelligent person)
Swedish
2 entries- dumhuvud noun (unintelligent person)
- dummerjöns noun (unintelligent person)
Welsh
3 entries- dỳns noun (unintelligent person)
- penbwl noun (unintelligent person)
- twpsyn noun (unintelligent person)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
He's a dunce.
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Tom is a dunce.
Source: tatoeba (8416578)
What a dunce!
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