half-witted Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- lamebrain
- birdbrained
- cretinous
- imbecilic
- witless
- empty-headed
- boneheaded
- soft
- dunderheaded
- imbecile
- chuckleheaded
- insane
- bonehead
- dorky
- brain-dead
- senseless
- dim-witted
- dopey
- oafish
- unsmart
- irrational
- dense
- thick-witted
- airheaded
- idiotical
- softheaded
- unreasonable
- dopy
- mad
- silly
- weak-minded
- crazy
- dull
- obtuse
- doltish
- knuckleheaded
- lamebrained
- bubbleheaded
- lunkheaded
- mindless
- pinheaded
- brainless
- fatuous
- slow-witted
- moronic
- vacuous
- gormless
- dim
- opaque
- unintelligent
- thickheaded
Weak:
- loony
- lunatic
- asinine
- lowbrow
- nonsensical
- daffy
- daft
- half-baked
- fool
- simpleminded
- boobish
- crackpot
- harebrained
- unintellectual
- dotty
- kooky
- uneducated
- unthinking
- whacky
- invalid
- screwball
- illogical
- uninformed
- fallacious
- unwise
- wacky
- absurd
- feebleminded
- preposterous
- sappy
- zany
- looney
- nutty
- cockeyed
- cuckoo
- dippy
- untaught
- illiterate
Strongest:
- ingenious
- thinking
- quick
- acute
- smart
- bright
- clever
- ingenious
- clever
- apt
- bright
- nimble
- fast
- apt
- acute
- brilliant
- intelligent
- wise
- astute
- intellectual
- sagacious
- astute
- smart
- resourceful
- keen
- keen
- quick
- thinking
- fast
- intelligent
- sharp
- brilliant
- resourceful
- intellectual
- nimble
- wise
- sagacious
- sharp
Strong:
- wily
- keen
- reasonable
- cunning
- literate
- trained
- perspicacious
- brainy
- trained
- shrewd
- scholarly
- erudite
- sound
- cerebral
- sharp-witted
- wily
- sapient
- crafty
- informed
- learned
- discerning
- keen
- scholarly
- quick-witted
- shrewd
- savvy
- hyperintelligent
- erudite
- knowing
- educated
- cerebral
- educated
- knowledgeable
- informed
- reasonable
- perceptive
- skilled
- supersmart
- perceptive
- sound
- crafty
- sapient
- supersmart
- learned
- skilled
- ultrasmart
- perspicacious
- brainy
- sage
- cunning
- discerning
- hyperintelligent
- ultrasmart
- insightful
- savvy
- literate
- quick-witted
- sensible
- sensible
- insightful
- knowledgeable
- knowing
- sage
- sharp-witted
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.
stupid, idiotic, dumb, foolish, slow, thick, simple, ignorant, lamebrain, birdbrained
ingenious, thinking, quick, acute, smart, bright, clever, ingenious, clever, apt
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.