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