half-witted Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- lamebrained
- cretinous
- mad
- unsmart
- fatuous
- knuckleheaded
- brain-dead
- airheaded
- obtuse
- thickheaded
- moronic
- pinheaded
- dim-witted
- gormless
- dopey
- unreasonable
- weak-minded
- lunkheaded
- dorky
- witless
- oafish
- idiotical
- senseless
- boneheaded
- soft
- brainless
- lamebrain
- dense
- softheaded
- silly
- irrational
- insane
- opaque
- birdbrained
- bonehead
- dim
- bubbleheaded
- dopy
- dunderheaded
- crazy
- thick-witted
- vacuous
- slow-witted
- unintelligent
- imbecilic
- chuckleheaded
- doltish
- empty-headed
- mindless
- imbecile
- dull
Weak:
- dotty
- absurd
- unintellectual
- lunatic
- uninformed
- half-baked
- daffy
- illiterate
- fool
- boobish
- lowbrow
- nutty
- untaught
- asinine
- preposterous
- invalid
- nonsensical
- daft
- harebrained
- loony
- sappy
- simpleminded
- dippy
- kooky
- cockeyed
- unwise
- feebleminded
- looney
- screwball
- cuckoo
- uneducated
- whacky
- fallacious
- unthinking
- illogical
- crackpot
- zany
- wacky
Strongest:
- keen
- sharp
- astute
- apt
- smart
- wise
- clever
- intelligent
- ingenious
- wise
- sharp
- astute
- fast
- acute
- thinking
- intelligent
- fast
- nimble
- bright
- ingenious
- thinking
- nimble
- clever
- intellectual
- quick
- smart
- bright
- acute
- sagacious
- quick
- apt
- sagacious
- intellectual
- keen
- resourceful
- resourceful
- brilliant
- brilliant
Strong:
- sapient
- shrewd
- reasonable
- wily
- skilled
- sensible
- learned
- savvy
- insightful
- scholarly
- skilled
- sharp-witted
- reasonable
- sapient
- knowing
- sharp-witted
- knowledgeable
- educated
- hyperintelligent
- educated
- crafty
- ultrasmart
- discerning
- quick-witted
- learned
- discerning
- perceptive
- sage
- sensible
- informed
- keen
- insightful
- cerebral
- sage
- perspicacious
- literate
- savvy
- ultrasmart
- informed
- supersmart
- wily
- sound
- keen
- trained
- shrewd
- knowing
- quick-witted
- brainy
- scholarly
- hyperintelligent
- crafty
- brainy
- supersmart
- sound
- perspicacious
- erudite
- literate
- knowledgeable
- cunning
- cunning
- perceptive
- trained
- cerebral
- erudite
Weak:
half-witted Meaning
half-witted (s)
retarded in intellectual development
half-witted (a.)
Weak in intellect; silly.
half-witted Sentence Examples
- The half-witted thief was easily apprehended after he left his fingerprints all over the crime scene.
- The half-witted politician's speech was met with both laughter and disbelief.
- The half-witted driver crashed his car into a tree, believing it was a giant broccoli.
- The half-witted student failed his test miserably, earning the lowest score in the class.
- The half-witted employee was fired after he accidentally deleted the entire company database.
- The half-witted neighbor's loud music disturbed the entire street, but they refused to turn it down.
- The half-witted scheme to rob a bank backfired when the mastermind left his wallet at the scene.
- The half-witted pranksters painted their friend blue, thinking it was a clever joke.
- The half-witted inventor created a device that made no sense, claiming it was groundbreaking technology.
- The half-witted doctor prescribed his patient a cure that was completely ineffective, leading to disastrous consequences.
FAQs About the word half-witted
retarded in intellectual developmentWeak in intellect; silly.
simple, dumb, slow,stupid, idiotic, thick, ignorant, foolish, lamebrained, cretinous
keen, sharp, astute, apt, smart, wise, clever, intelligent, ingenious, wise
The half-witted thief was easily apprehended after he left his fingerprints all over the crime scene.
The half-witted politician's speech was met with both laughter and disbelief.
The half-witted driver crashed his car into a tree, believing it was a giant broccoli.
The half-witted student failed his test miserably, earning the lowest score in the class.