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noun. Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person: If you think you can wear that outfit to a job interview and get hired, you're an idiot! Synonyms: numbskull, dunce, dolt, imbecile, half-wit, fool.
An idiot is someone who does foolish things. If you take your little brother's dinosaur lunchbox to school instead of your own brown-bag lunch, you might feel like an idiot. But don't be too hard on yourself — we all make mistakes.
An idiot, in modern use, is a stupid or foolish person. 'Idiot' was formerly a technical term in legal and psychiatric contexts for some kinds of profound intellectual disability where the mental age is two years or less, and the person cannot guard themself against common physical dangers.
4 days ago · an utterly foolish or weak-minded person. 2. Psychology obsolete. a person of the lowest order in a former classification of mental ability, having a mental age of less than three years old and an intelligence quotient under 25. SYNONYMS 1. fool, half-wit; imbecile; dolt, dunce, numskull.
Definition of idiot noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. idiot. noun. /ˈɪdiət/ (informal) a rude way to refer to somebody who you think is very stupid synonym fool. When I lost my passport, I felt such an idiot. What idiot pressed the switch? see also village idiot. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
Add to word list. B2. a stupid person or someone who is behaving in a stupid way: Some idiot left the faucet running in the bathroom and there's water everywhere. [ as form of address ] You stupid idiot - that's a month's work you've lost! Synonyms. half-wit disapproving. imbecile. moron informal.
a stupid person or someone who is behaving in a stupid way: Like an idiot, I believed him. idiocy. noun [ C, U ] uk / ˈɪdiəsi / us. stupid behaviour. idiotic. adjective uk / ˌɪdiˈɒtɪk / us. stupid: an idiotic grin / idea. idiotically. adverb. (Definition of idiot from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
