Synonyms for obtuse
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Stupid — intellectually dull or dim-witted
stupid, dull, blunt, dim, simple, dense, dumb, blunt-witted, slow, stolid, pointless, callous, unintelligent, dim-witted, dull-witted, slow-witted, thick informal, heavy, dead, sluggish, doltish, thickheaded informal
Other
obtuse-angled, muffled, purblind formal
Definitions
- adj. 1
Intellectually dull or dim-witted.
Related words
- Word family
- obtusely obtuseness obtusity
- Phrases
- obtuse triangle
- Is a kind of
- salient
Example sentences
- dumb Do you want to help me or just make dumb comments?
- dense Not a soul was to be seen because of a dense fog.
- stolid His outlook on life, as with his habits were so stolid and plebeian.
- muffled Bruno started hearing muffled sounds in the dark.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| obtuse | falling | |
| dumb | rising | |
| dense | steady | |
| stolid | rising | |
| muffled | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- dim1
- 4 letters
- dead1, slow1, dumb1, dull1
- 5 letters
- heavy2, thick1, dense1, blunt1
- 6 letters
- simple2, stupid2, stolid2
- 7 letters
- callous2, muffled2, doltish
- 8 letters
- sluggish2, purblind
- 9 letters
- pointless2
- 11 letters
- thickheaded
- 13 letters
- unintelligent
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (heavy2 = 2 syllables).