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Antonyms for halfwitted
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : haf-wit-id, hahf- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæfˈwɪt ɪd, ˈhɑf- |
- active
- aware
- balanced
- bright
- careful
- cautious
- circumspect
- clear
- cluttered
- cognizant
- complex
- complicated
- convoluted
- decorated
- difficult
- embellished
- exacting
- intelligent
- intricate
- jumbled
- light
- logical
- mature
- older
- on-the-ball
- ornate
- plain
- practical
- prudent
- quick
- rational
- realistic
- reasonable
- responsible
- sane
- sensible
- serious
- sharp
- slight
- smart
- sophisticated
- sound
- thin
- thoughtful
- unclear
- unfoolish
- unintelligible
- wise
Definition of halfwitted
- As in asinine : adj senseless
- As in oafish : adj clumsy, stupid
- As in simple : adj feeble-minded; not intelligent
- As in stupid : adj not intelligent; irresponsible
- As in unintelligent : adj stupid
- As in witless : adj foolish
- As in retarded : adj limited
- As in half-witted : adj stupid
- As in dimwitted : adj stupid
- As in doltish : adj stupid
- As in feeble-minded : adj stupid
- As in imbecilic : adj foolish
- As in loopy : adj foolish
- As in softheaded : adj foolish
- As in thick-witted : adj stupid
- As in tomfool : adj foolish
- As in feebleminded : adj mentally handicapped
- As in foolish : adj nonsensical, idiotic
- They seem to address the blind eye and the sluggish mind of the halfwitted.
- Extract from : « American Sketches » by Charles Whibley
- They looked up then, as across the field her halfwitted brothers were approaching.
- Extract from : « The Homesteader » by Oscar Micheaux
- No, Mr. Stigler was not there, so a halfwitted, deformed lad informed him.
- Extract from : « Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. » by Percy F. Westerman
- The halfwitted girl alone remained with the center group, making aimless passes, with ill-regulated hands, at Aunt Judy.
- Extract from : « An Unoficial Patriot » by Helen Gardener
- It had cost her such an effort to try to make it plain without just coming out and saying he was halfwitted.
- Extract from : « The Homesteader » by Oscar Micheaux
- She was gazing across the field to where her halfwitted brothers worked, while he was thinking how thoughtful she was.
- Extract from : « The Homesteader » by Oscar Micheaux
Synonyms for halfwitted
- absurd
- all thumbs
- amateur
- asinine
- backward
- birdbrained
- blockheaded
- blockish
- blundering
- blunderous
- boneheaded
- brainless
- bumbling
- bungling
- butterfingered
- cloddish
- cockamamie
- cockamamy
- crazy
- credulous
- cretinous
- daffy
- daft
- dazed
- defective
- deficient
- dense
- dim
- dim-witted
- dimwitted
- dippy
- doltish
- dopey
- dotty
- dull
- dull-witted
- dumb
- dumbbell
- dumbo
- dumdum
- dummy
- empty-headed
- exceptional
- fantastic
- fat
- fatuous
- feeble
- feeble-minded
- feebleminded
- foolish
- futile
- gawkish
- gawky
- gorked
- graceless
- green
- gullible
- half-baked
- half-witted
- harebrained
- heavy-handed
- hebetudinous
- held back
- idiotic
- ignorant
- ill-advised
- ill-considered
- illiterate
- imbecile
- imbecilic
- imprudent
- inane
- incautious
- indiscreet
- inelegant
- inept
- inexperienced
- inexpert
- injudicious
- insane
- insensate
- irrational
- irrelevant
- jerky
- klutzy
- kooky
- lamebrained
- laughable
- loggerheaded
- loony
- loser
- lubberly
- ludicrous
- lumbering
- lumpish
- lunatic
- mad
- meaningless
- mentally defective
- mentally deficient
- mentally handicapped
- mentally slow
- mindless
- moronic
- naive
- nerdy
- nitwitted
- nonsensical
- not intelligent
- numbskull
- nutty
- oafish
- obtuse
- opaque
- out to lunch
- pinhead
- pointless
- preposterous
- puerile
- rash
- retarded
- retardo
- ridiculous
- sappy
- senseless
- shallow
- short-sighted
- shortsighted
- silly
- simple
- simple-minded
- simpleminded
- slow
- slow-witted
- sluggish
- soft
- soft in the head
- soft-headed
- softheaded
- sophomoric
- stolid
- stumbling
- stupefied
- stupid
- subnormal
- thick
- thick-headed
- thick-skulled
- thickheaded
- tomfool
- touched
- trivial
- uncoordinated
- underachieving
- undexterous
- unearthly
- uneducated
- ungainly
- unintelligent
- unreasonable
- unthinking
- unwise
- wacky
- weak
- weak-minded
- witless
- yo-yo
- zany
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