simpleton

sim·ple·ton  (smpl-tn)

n.

A person who is felt to be deficient in judgment, good sense, or intelligence; a fool.

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[simple + -ton (as in surnames such as Chesterton, Singleton).]

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simpleton [ˈsɪmp^əltən]

n

a foolish or ignorant person

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

simpleton - a person lacking intelligence or common sense simple 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" dimwit, doofus, nitwit, half-wit - a stupid incompetent person 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" boob, booby, pinhead, dope, dumbbell, dummy - an ignorant or foolish person fool, muggins, saphead, tomfool, sap - a person who lacks good judgment changeling, cretin, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, retard - a person of subnormal intelligence idiot savant - person who is mentally retarded in general but who displays remarkable aptitude in some limited field (usually involving memory) nebbech, nebbish - (Yiddish) a timid unfortunate simpleton nincompoop, ninny, poop - a stupid foolish person forgetful person, scatterbrain - a flighty and disorganized person schlemiel, shlemiel - (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler schlep, schlepper, shlep, shlepper - (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid 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) lame, square - someone who doesn't understand what is going on 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 twerp, twirp, twit - someone who is regarded as contemptible

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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 [ˈsɪmp^əltən] n → nigaud(e) m/f

simpleton

n → Einfaltspinsel m

simpleton [ˈsɪmplt/ən] n (old) → semplicione/a, sempliciotto/a

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simpleton [ˈsɪmplt/ən] n (old) → semplicione/a, sempliciotto/a