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stupid

/ˈstupɪd/noun, adjective2 syllables

Stupid means: lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity.

Synonyms for stupid53

noun, as in a person who is not very bright

stupid person, stupe, dullard, dolt, pudding head, pudden-head, poor fish, pillock

adjective, as in lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity

anserine, dopy, dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike, jerky, asinine, fatuous, inane, blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical
and 10 more, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed, cloddish, doltish, dense

adjective, as in in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock

dazed, stunned, stupefied, confused

adjective, as in lacking intelligence

unintelligent, brainless, headless, retarded

also used for stupid

daft, inept, addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, beefheaded, beetle-headed, birdbrained, Boeotian, boofheaded, braindead

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Opposites of stupid

What does stupid mean?4

adjective

1

lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity

2

in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock“he had a dazed expression on his face”

3

lacking intelligence“a dull job with lazy and unintelligent co-workers”

noun

1

a person who is not very bright“The economy, stupid!”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Stupid in a sentence

  • To do him justice, he is not stupid.CM
  • Everything that is too stupid to say, is sung.witbrock
  • We are all stupid, just on different subjects.CC
  • There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers.boscowitch
  • If you've never done anything that stupid before, go ahead and try.marcelostockle
  • For one thing, he thinks she is stupid, for another, he doesn't like her.DeepDarkSea12
  • When you quote a stupid text, do not forget the context.belgavox
  • If you do something that stupid, you'll be laughed at.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of stupid

as a noun

plural
stupids

as a adjective

comparative
stupider
superlative
stupidest