Antonyms for numbskull
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : nuhm-skuhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnʌmˌskʌl |
Definition of numbskull
Origin :- 1717, numskull, from num, old spelling of numb (adj.) + skull. Numskulled (adj.) is attested from 1706.
- As in retarded : adj limited
- As in ass : noun stupid person
- As in ignoramus : noun simpleton
- As in screwball : noun crazy person
- I broke my hip when we lived in Steelville, and the doctor was a numbskull.
- Extract from : « A Far Country, Complete » by Winston Churchill
- “What a numbskull I was to throw it there and not tell anyone about it,” he thought to himself.
- Extract from : « The Firebug » by Roy J. Snell
- Half awake again, I had a cursing spree, calling myself fifty kinds of a numbskull.
- Extract from : « Stamped Caution » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
- E 'as more happetite than gumption, and swallers anythink that comes 'andy, like the jolt-'ed or numbskull that 'e is. '
- Extract from : « Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others » by James Alexander Henshall
- You 've put over your fake; you 've had your laugh; you 've framed it so I 'll be the butt of every numbskull in Ohadi.
- Extract from : « The Cross-Cut » by Courtney Ryley Cooper
Synonyms for numbskull
- backward
- birdbrained
- blockhead
- bonehead
- bozo
- character
- crackpot
- defective
- dim
- dim-witted
- dimwit
- dingbat
- dolt
- donkey
- dope
- dopey
- dull
- dumbbell
- dumbo
- dumdum
- dummy
- dunce
- eccentric
- exceptional
- fanatic
- feeble-minded
- fool
- goof
- gorked
- half-witted
- held back
- idiot
- imbecile
- jackass
- jerk
- know-nothing
- kook
- lamebrained
- lunkhead
- mentally defective
- moron
- moronic
- nitwit
- numbskull
- nut
- opaque
- pinhead
- retardo
- saphead
- sappy
- simple
- simple-minded
- simpleton
- slow
- slow-witted
- stupid
- subnormal
- touched
- twit
- underachieving
- weak
- yo-yo
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