lamebrain

noun

lame·​brain ˈlām-ˌbrān 

plural lamebrains

: a stupid or annoying person : dolt

lamebrain adjective

or lamebrained

ˈlām-ˈbrānd 

Synonyms

• airhead
• birdbrain
• blockhead
• bonehead
• bubblehead
• chowderhead
• chucklehead
• clodpoll
• clodpole
• clot [British]
• cluck
• clunk
• cretin
• cuddy [British dialect]
• cuddie
• deadhead
• dim bulb [slang]
• dimwit
• dip
• dodo
• dolt
• donkey
• doofus [slang]
• dope
• dork [slang]
• dullard
• dum-dum
• dumbbell
• dumbhead
• dummkopf
• dummy
• dunce
• dunderhead
• fathead
• gander
• golem
• goof
• goon
• half-wit
• hammerhead
• hardhead
• idiot
• ignoramus
• imbecile
• jackass
• know-nothing
• knucklehead
• loggerhead [chiefly dialect]
• loon
• lump
• lunkhead
• meathead
• mome [archaic]
• moron
• mug [chiefly British]
• mutt
• natural
• nimrod [slang]
• nincompoop
• ninny
• ninnyhammer
• nit [chiefly British]
• nitwit
• noddy
• noodle
• numskull
• numbskull
• oaf
• pinhead
• prat [British]
• ratbag [chiefly Australian]
• saphead
• schlub [slang]
• shlub
• schnook [slang]
• simpleton
• stock
• stupe
• stupid
• thickhead
• turkey
• woodenhead
• yahoo
• yo-yo

Examples of lamebrain in a Sentence

Listen, lamebrain, we've had enough of your idiotic suggestions!

who's the lamebrain who put an empty coffee carafe back on a hot burner?

Recent Examples on the Web

The Futurists, led by Filippo Marinetti, spent a lot of time publishing lamebrain manifestos about the need to sweep away existing society, if necessary by war. —Barton Swaim, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022

But there's finally a collection of lamebrains that lack more common sense than the NCAA. —Ron Higgins, NOLA.com, 23 Aug. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above