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Synonyms for witless

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Adjective

1. Stupid — mindless, lacking conscious thought or the capacity for it

stupid, brainless, fatuous, empty-headed, senseless, unintelligent, dumb, foolish, silly, weak-minded, imbecile, dull, harebrained, half-witted, weak, gross, simple, nitwitted informal, moronic, idiotic, vacuous, slow-witted

Other

crack brained, shitless vulgar slang

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Mindless, lacking conscious thought or the capacity for it.

Example sentences

  • senseless Sami committed senseless acts in the name of love.
  • brainless What did Brainless and Unhappy do?
  • fatuous This is going to sound completely fatuous, but it's my honest answer.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
witlessrising
senselessrising
brainlessrising
fatuousfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
weak1, dumb1, dull1
5 letters
gross1, silly2
6 letters
simple2, stupid2
7 letters
foolish2, idiotic4, moronic, vacuous3, fatuous3
8 letters
imbecile3, shitless
9 letters
senseless2, brainless2, nitwitted
11 letters
harebrained2
13 letters
unintelligent

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (silly2 = 2 syllables).