witless (Meaning)
witless (s)
(used as complement) to the utmost degree
(of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
witless (a.)
Destitute of wit or understanding; wanting thought; hence, indiscreet; not under the guidance of judgment.
Synonyms & Antonyms of witless
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- bright
- acute
- bright
- astute
- thinking
- savvy
- resourceful
- astute
- clever
- knowing
- sharp
- quick
- sharp
- apt
- smart
- thinking
- acute
- intellectual
- nimble
- cerebral
- wise
- intelligent
- ingenious
- smart
- fast
- savvy
- brilliant
- cerebral
- nimble
- keen
- sagacious
- wise
- intelligent
- perceptive
- fast
- keen
- sagacious
- knowing
- perceptive
- quick
- brilliant
- apt
- intellectual
- ingenious
- resourceful
- clever
Synonyms:
- dunderheaded
- imbecilic
- soft
- lamebrain
- vacuous
- airheaded
- bonehead
- dim
- idiotical
- lunkheaded
- unreasonable
- brainless
- doltish
- mindless
- knuckleheaded
- half-witted
- gormless
- fatuous
- oafish
- bubbleheaded
- unintelligent
- pinheaded
- dense
- slow-witted
- crazy
- silly
- dim-witted
- boneheaded
- mad
- unsmart
- lamebrained
- chuckleheaded
- dopey
- thickheaded
- brain-dead
- obtuse
- empty-headed
- irrational
- idiotic
- weak-minded
- opaque
- insane
- dopy
- dorky
- senseless
- moronic
- softheaded
- thick-witted
Antonyms:
- keen
- hyperintelligent
- informed
- perspicacious
- scholarly
- educated
- crafty
- learned
- wily
- sound
- brainy
- insightful
- cunning
- sensible
- reasonable
- cunning
- sage
- literate
- shrewd
- insightful
- learned
- sharp-witted
- ultrasmart
- sharp-witted
- literate
- hyperintelligent
- quick-witted
- supersmart
- erudite
- perspicacious
- brainy
- trained
- discerning
- shrewd
- skilled
- sound
- educated
- knowledgeable
- sensible
- supersmart
- ultrasmart
- reasonable
- sapient
- discerning
- informed
- sapient
- highbrow
- skilled
- scholarly
- quick-witted
- knowledgeable
- keen
- erudite
- trained
- highbrow
- sage
- percipient
- crafty
- percipient
- wily
Synonyms:
- uninformed
- kooky
- wacky
- harebrained
- nonsensical
- fallacious
- dippy
- illogical
- asinine
- daffy
- crackpot
- nutty
- cuckoo
- half-baked
- lunatic
- preposterous
- simpleminded
- unintellectual
- fool
- birdbrained
- tomfool
- unthinking
- cockeyed
- sappy
- cretinous
- invalid
- feebleminded
- imbecile
- screwball
- daft
- absurd
- uneducated
- dotty
- whacky
- illiterate
- loony
- looney
- zany
- untaught
- lowbrow
- unwise
Antonyms:
witless Sentence Examples
- His witless response left everyone in the room staring at him in disbelief.
- Sarah's witless mistake cost the team dearly, leading to their defeat in the final match.
- Despite his best efforts, the comedian's jokes fell flat, leaving the audience unamused and feeling witless.
- The witless decision to ignore the warning signs led to a series of unfortunate events.
- Jane's witless comment inadvertently offended her friend, causing tension in their relationship.
- The witless protagonist stumbled through the mystery novel, failing to solve even the simplest clues.
- The witless driver caused a traffic jam by merging into the wrong lane without signaling.
- Mark's witless behavior at the party embarrassed his friends, who quickly distanced themselves from him.
- The witless excuse he offered for his tardiness was met with skepticism by his boss.
- Despite his lack of experience, the witless intern was determined to prove himself in the workplace.
FAQs About the word witless
(used as complement) to the utmost degree, (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgmentDestitute of wit or understanding; wanting thought;
dumb,stupid, simple, slow, foolish, ignorant, thick, dull, dunderheaded, imbecilic
bright, acute, bright, astute, thinking, savvy, resourceful, astute, clever, knowing
His witless response left everyone in the room staring at him in disbelief.
Sarah's witless mistake cost the team dearly, leading to their defeat in the final match.
Despite his best efforts, the comedian's jokes fell flat, leaving the audience unamused and feeling witless.
The witless decision to ignore the warning signs led to a series of unfortunate events.
