Synonyms
- airheaded
- birdbrained
- bonehead
- boneheaded
- brain-dead
- brainless
- bubbleheaded
- chuckleheaded
- dense
- dim
- dim-witted
- doltish
- dopey
- dopy
- dorky [slang]
- dull
- dumb
- dunderheaded
- empty-headed
- fatuous
- gormless [chiefly British]
- half-witted
- knuckleheaded
- lamebrain
- lamebrained
- lunkheaded
- mindless
- oafish
- obtuse
- opaque
- pinheaded
- senseless
- simple
- slow
- soft
- softheaded
- stupid
- thick
- thick-witted
- thickheaded
- unintelligent
- unsmart
- vacuous
- weak-minded
- witless
Examples of slow-witted in a Sentence
all but the most slow-witted readers will have solved the mystery long before they reach the book's final chapter
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Conservative media has since helped amplify the idea that Biden is a slow-witted geezer.
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Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2024
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Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2024
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“Slow-witted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slow-witted. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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