half-wit

3 definitions found

half-wit - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Half-wit \Half"-wit`\ (-w[i^]t`), n.
     A foolish person; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce. --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]

half-wit - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  half-wit
      n 1: a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot,
           imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit,
           retard]
      2: a stupid incompetent person [syn: dimwit, nitwit, half-   wit
         , doofus]

half-wit - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "halfwit":
     ass, birdbrain, dolt, dullard, dunce, dunderhead, dunderpate, fool,
     idiot, imbecile, moron, nincompoop, ninny, nit, nitwit, numskull,
     simpleton, twit