Dunce (original) (raw)

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence

Synonyms:

blockhead; bonehead; dumbass; dunce; dunderhead; fuckhead; hammerhead; knucklehead; loggerhead; lunkhead; muttonhead; numskull; shithead

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("dunce" is a kind of...):

dolt; dullard; pillock; poor fish; pudden-head; pudding head; stupe; stupid; stupid person (a person who is not very bright)

Derivation:

duncical; duncish ((used informally) stupid)

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