Synonyms for numbskull
- noun
- British English
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Codshead
fool, dolt, dullard, dumb-ass, dumbarse UK, booby, dunce, ignoramus, lunkhead informal, thickhead, hammerhead, airhead, loggerhead, codshead, dope, dummy, simpleton informal, fathead, nincompoop, halfwit informal, chucklehead, knucklehead slang, dunderhead dated
2. Block head
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A dunce, mentally dull or stupid person.
- n. 2
A person who refuses to learn or grow mentally.
That numskull will never learn how to compose a letter.
Related words
- Other spellings
- numskull US
Forms
- Plural
- numbskulls → fools, dolts, dullards, dumb-asses…
Example sentences
- booby Ziri found a few booby traps in the area.
- dolt Only a dolt could fail to understand what was implied by that letter.
- dullard You're not very bright. You're actually quite a dullard.
By length
- 4 letters
- fool1, dope1, dolt
- 5 letters
- dummy2, booby2, dunce
- 7 letters
- airhead2, fathead, dullard, halfwit2
- 8 letters
- lunkhead, dumbarse, codshead, numbhead
- 9 letters
- simpleton, ignoramus4, thickhead2
- 10 letters
- hammerhead, loggerhead3, nincompoop3, dunderhead
- 11 letters
- knucklehead, chucklehead
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dummy2 = 2 syllables).