Dunce

/dʌns/

Synonyms for "dunce" (121 found)

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Closest matches (25)

Noun(10 words)

blockhead idiot airhead airheads bimboes blockheads bonehead buffoon bumpkin caricature

Verb(1 words)

block blockhead boeotian bonehead boob booby bufflehead cabbagehead chowderhead chucklehead chump clod clodpate clodpoll

Strong matches (36)

cluck dabbler dilettante dimwit dodo dolt dolthead donkey dope drip duffer dullard dullhead dumbdumb cluckdumbbell dummy fool gowk greenhorn

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greeny halfwit

Noun(14 words)

cretin dimwits dipstick doofus dumbass dumbo dunderhead eponym fathead fool fuckhead gonk hammerhead humphrey

Related words (60)

ignoramus illiterate illiterati jobbernowlknow nothingknow-nothing lackwit lamebrain lightweight looby loon lowbrow middlebrow niais nincompoop ninny ninnyhammer nitwitno scholarnoddy

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puddinghead put retard silly stupid tenderfoot thickwit unintelligentsia witling

Noun(29 words)

ignoramuses imbecile knucklehead lamer loggerhead lunkhead moke muttonhead nimrod nincompoops ninnies nitwit nitwits numbskull numskull numskulls originator pinhead plunker prat

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saphead schmo shithead shnook simpletonsslow learnerstock figurestupe twits

Adjective(2 words)

stupidest unwiser

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5 relation types

More general

12 entries

character dolt dullard etymology person pillockpoor fishpudden-headpudding headstupe stupidstupid person

More specific

5 entries

borrowed termcartoon dunceclassroom dunceschool duncestorybook dunce

Collocations

5 entries

academic dunceclassroom duncedunce capold dunceschool dunce

Inflections

1 entries

dunces

Derivations

4 entries

duncehood dunceness duncery duncish

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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Tom had to wear a dunce cap.

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He's a dunce.

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Tom is a dunce.

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What a dunce!

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