Simpleton

//ˈsɪmpəltən//

Synonyms for "simpleton" (88 found)

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Closest matches (18)

fool ament born fool bungler clod clot congenital idiot cretin defective

Noun(9 words)

airhead bonehead changeling crackhead dicklick dildo ding dong ding-a-ling ding-dong

Strong matches (26)

dodo dolt drip dullard dullhead dumbbell dummkopf dummy gawk golem half-wit halfwit idiot

Noun(13 words)

doldrum doylem dunce einstein fink fool fopdoodle fuckwit gonk goober gudgeon halfwit honyock

Related words (44)

ignoramus imbecile juggins mongoloid idiot moron muddlehead natural natural idiot natural-born fool noodle put saphead scatterbrain silly simp spoon spooney spoony stupid twit

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yokel zany

Noun(22 words)

jackaninny jackass jerk loggerhead lunk lunkhead maroon mutt nimrod ninny noddy pinhead pissbrain plank roaster saphead simple tardface thickhead tit

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trash for brains turkey

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

6 entries

individual mortal person somebody someone soul

Synonyms

2 entries

spooney spoony

derived from

1 entries

simple

has context

1 entries

pejorative

is a

1 entries

person

related to

3 entries

common sense lack simple

Translations

125 translations across 39 languages.

Albanian

4 entries

leshko noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
loço noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
sylesh noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
teveqel noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

κέπφος noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Arabic

4 entries

ساذج noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
سَاذَج noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
مغفل noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
مُغَفَّل noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Breton

1 entries

genaoueg noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Bulgarian

2 entries

абда́л noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
глупак noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Catalan

1 entries

ximplet noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

二百五 noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
傻瓜 noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
呆子 noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Cimbrian

1 entries

dikhar noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Czech

4 entries

blbeček noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
hlupák noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
moula noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
prosťáček noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Danish

3 entries

enfoldig noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
naiv noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
tosse noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Dhivehi

1 entries

ގަމާރު noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Dutch

4 entries

domoor noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
eenvoudig noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
idioot noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
simpele noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Finnish

3 entries

hölmö noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
tomppeli noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
tyhmyri noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

French

4 entries

ingénu noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
naïf noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
niais noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
nigaud noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Galician

4 entries

alpabarda noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
papaxoubas noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
papón noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
parvo noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

German

4 entries

Einfaltspinsel noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
Naivling noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
Simpel noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
naiv noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Greek

4 entries

απλοϊκός noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
αφελής noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
βλαξ noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
κορόιδο noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Hungarian

3 entries

balek noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
fajankó noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
mamlasz noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Iraqi Arabic

1 entries

اَثْوَل noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Irish

1 entries

baothán noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Italian

4 entries

babbeo noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
minchione noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
semplicione noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
sempliciotto noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Japanese

1 entries

鈍間 noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Korean

1 entries

얼간이 noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Latin

4 entries

barcala noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
blennus noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
bārō noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
fatuus noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Latvian

1 entries

vientiesis noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Macedonian

1 entries

простак noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Malay

1 entries

pembaris noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Māori

4 entries

hore noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
pōrewarewa noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
rorewaru noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
rorirori noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Norman

3 entries

bouët-bouteux noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
enfuntchi noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
marînjuette noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Norwegian

1 entries

enfoldig noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Eefelt noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Polish

4 entries

głupek noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
naiwniaczka noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
naiwniak noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
prostaczka noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Portuguese

4 entries

matarruano noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
papalvo noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
pateta noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
simplório noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Romanian

4 entries

naiv noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
neghiob noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
prost noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
prostănac noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Russian

4 entries

ду́ра noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
дура́к noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
наивня́к noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
недотё́па noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

budàla noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
glùpan noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
nȁīvan noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
буда̀ла noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Spanish

4 entries

ababol noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
bobalicón noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
gaznápiro noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
ingenuo noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Swedish

2 entries

dumbom noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
dummerjöns noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Turkish

3 entries

avanak noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
keriz noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)
safdil noun (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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This poor simpleton has been robbed of four gold pieces. Take him, therefore, and throw him into prison.

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Based on the way he formulated his arguments, one could tell that he was a simpleton.

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The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays the part.

Source: tatoeba (6203152)

This one is a real simpleton, for sure. And he's a president.

Source: tatoeba (8715929)

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