Definition for Dunce:

• duns, n. one slow at learning: a stupid person.-- ns. DUNCE'DOM, the class of dunces; DUN'CERY, stupidity; DUN'CIAD, the epic of dunces, the world of dunces-- name of a famous poem by Pope.-- adjs. DUN'CISH, DUNCE'- LIKE. [ Duns Scotus ( died 1308), the Subtle Doctor, leader of the schoolmen, from him called Dunses, who opposed classical studies on the revival of learning-- hence any opposer of learning, a blockhead.]

Synonyms for Dunce:

• n.

  •
  • joker,
  • clown,
  • numpty,
  • maniac.
  •
  • ability,
  • cow,
  • wanker.
  •bungler (noun)
  • duffer.
  •dunce (noun)
  • dunderhead,
  • hammerhead,
  • loggerhead.
  •fool (noun)
  • dummy,
  • knuckle-head,
  • chuckle-head,
  • crackpot,
  • cretin,
  • simpleton,
  • dolt,
  • dumbbell,
  • loon,
  • clod,
  • nincompoop.
  •ignoramus (noun)
  • birdbrain,
  • buffoon,
  • scatterbrain.
  •stupid person (noun)
  • dope.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • chump,
  • philistine,
  • dingbat.
  •
  • pinhead,
  • spastic,
  • twat.
  •
  • dip.
  •Other relevant words:
  • daft,
  • doltish,
  • Jobbernowl,
  • witless,
  • Mooncalf,
  • gullible,
  • sluggish,
  • golem,
  • nit,
  • loggerhead turtle,
  • vegetable,
  • shlemiel,
  • ninny,
  • insensate,
  • thick,
  • woodenhead,
  • yahoo,
  • twirp,
  • brainless,
  • dopey,
  • lightweight,
  • clodpole,
  • sap,
  • middlebrow,
  • arse,
  • dilettante,
  • shithead,
  • jay,
  • madman,
  • schnook,
  • cuddy,
  • Mome,
  • Charlie,
  • bumpkin,
  • Clodpoll,
  • gander,
  • sucker,
  • Dunderpate,
  • mindless,
  • stock,
  • violent,
  • schmo,
  • drip,
  • stupid,
  • lubber,
  • clunk,
  • donkey,
  • clot,
  • wet,
  • natural,
  • tenderfoot,
  • neanderthal,
  • goof,
  • Noddy,
  • booby,
  • greenhorn,
  • ratbag,
  • deadhead,
  • lumpish,
  • mug,
  • sappy,
  • put,
  • dumbhead,
  • ignorant,
  • Git,
  • schmuck,
  • foolish,
  • illiterate,
  • Stupe,
  • boeotian,
  • prat,
  • chowderhead,
  • noodle,
  • goof ball,
  • saphead,
  • ding-a-ling,
  • cluck,
  • purblind,
  • patsy,
  • deep,
  • asinine,
  • dabbler,
  • dull,
  • brutish,
  • clodhopper,
  • silly,
  • easy,
  • crass,
  • greeny,
  • block,
  • tomfool,
  • Dullhead,
  • doofus,
  • unintelligent,
  • dumb,
  • twit,
  • vacuous,
  • Looby,
  • pillock,
  • Dumb-bell,
  • twerp,
  • Ninnyhammer,
  • fatuous,
  • Gowk,
  • boor,
  • dim,
  • mutt,
  • hammerhead shark,
  • dense,
  • gull,
  • fall guy,
  • idiotic,
  • Ninny-hammer,
  • berk,
  • outrageous,
  • ass,
  • bubblehead,
  • dumbass,
  • wooden spoon,
  • goose,
  • lump,
  • absurd,
  • dum-dum,
  • turkey,
  • Witling,
  • obtuse,
  • softhead,
  • mark,
  • fathead,
  • stolid,
  • childish,
  • retard,
  • lowbrow,
  • stick,
  • pushover,
  • flake,
  • know-nothing,
  • bufflehead,
  • dupe,
  • nerd,
  • dully,
  • muggins,
  • fuckhead,
  • Chucklehead,
  • dipstick,
  • inane,
  • nimrod,
  • senseless,
  • clueless,
  • schlub,
  • ding-dong.

Paraphrases for Dunce:

• Independent

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    idiot.

Antonyms for Dunce:

• n.

  • stupid person
    genius, brain.
  • Other antonyms:
    polymath, sharpie, sage, wizard, intellectual, whiz.

Homophones for Dunce:

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