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1. : a foolish or stupid person. "… Idiot that I am to wear my heart on my sleeve! …" George Bernard Shaw. 2. dated, now offensive; see usage paragraph below : a person affected with extreme intellectual disability. idiot adjective. Usage of Idiot.
Synonyms for IDIOTS: morons, stupids, dummies, lunatics, prats, fools, losers, imbeciles; Antonyms of IDIOTS: brains, geniuses, intellectuals, thinkers, genii, sages, intellects, wizards.
Idiot definition: an utterly foolish or senseless person. See examples of IDIOT used in a sentence.
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.
Synonyms for IDIOT: moron, stupid, dummy, lunatic, prat, loser, imbecile, fool; Antonyms of IDIOT: genius, brain, intellect, thinker, sage, intellectual, wizard, whiz.
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.
Definition of idiot noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
IDIOT meaning: 1. a stupid person or someone who is behaving in a stupid way: 2. a stupid person or someone who…. Learn more.
A person of profound mental retardation having a mental age below three years and generally unable to learn connected speech or guard against common dangers. The term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive.
1. 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.
