sim·ple·ton (s m p l-tn)n. A person who is felt to be deficient in judgment, good sense, or intelligence; a fool. [simple + -ton (as in surnames such as Chesterton, Singleton).] |
simpleton [ˈsɪmpəltən]
n
a foolish or ignorant person
simpleton
- dodo - Comes from Portuguese doudo, "fool, simpleton," from the bird's awkward appearance.
- doodle - Originally a noun meaning "fool, simpleton," from German dudeltopf, it came to mean absent-minded scribbling.
- gullible - A derivative of archaic gull, "dupe" or "simpleton."
- half-wit - Originally was "a would-be wit whose abilities are mediocre"; the sense of "simpleton" (one lacking all his wits) is attested to 1755.
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| Noun | 1. | simpleton - a person lacking intelligence or common sense individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" airhead - a flighty scatterbrained simpleton; "she's a total airhead"; "every airhead on a big salary rushed out to buy one" dingbat - a silly empty-headed person; "you would be a dingbat even to try it"; "yet here he was with an upper class dingbat who just happened to be married to his sister" idiot savant - person who is mentally retarded in general but who displays remarkable aptitude in some limited field (usually involving memory) forgetful person, scatterbrain - a flighty and disorganized person schnook, shnook - (Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised; "don't be such an apologetic shnook" sheep - a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon space cadet - someone who seems unable to respond appropriately to reality (as if under the influence of some narcotic drug) dolt, dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person - a person who is not very bright; "The economy, stupid!" subnormal - a person of less than normal intelligence |
simpleton
noun halfwit, fool, idiot, charlie (Brit. informal), goose (informal), dope (informal), jerk (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), plank (Brit. slang), berk (Brit. slang), wally (slang), booby, coot, moron, geek (slang), twit (informal, chiefly Brit.), chump, dunce, imbecile (informal), oaf, dullard, jackass, dipstick (Brit. slang), dickhead (slang), gonzo (slang), schmuck (U.S. slang), dork (slang), nitwit (informal), dolt, blockhead, greenhorn (informal), ninny, divvy (Brit. slang), nincompoop, dweeb (U.S. slang), putz (U.S. slang), fathead (informal), Simple Simon, weenie (U.S. informal), eejit (Scot. & Irish), thicko (Brit. slang), dumb-ass (slang), gobshite (Irish taboo slang), numpty (Scot. informal), doofus (slang, chiefly U.S.), fuckwit (taboo slang), dickwit (slang), nerd or nurd (slang), numskull or numbskull, twerp or twirp (informal) He was a lightweight, a political simpleton.
Translations
simpleton [ˈsɪmpltən] N → inocentón/ona m/f, simplón/ona m/f
simpleton
n → Einfaltspinsel m
simpleton [ˈsɪmplt/ən] n (old) → semplicione/a, sempliciotto/a
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