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synonyms for stupid

  • dull
  • dumb
  • foolish
  • futile
  • ill-advised
  • irrelevant
  • laughable
  • ludicrous
  • naive
  • senseless
  • shortsighted
  • simple
  • trivial
  • dummy
  • loser
  • rash
  • thick
  • unintelligent
  • brainless
  • dazed
  • deficient
  • dense
  • dim
  • doltish
  • dopey
  • gullible
  • half-baked
  • half-witted
  • idiotic
  • imbecilic
  • inane
  • indiscreet
  • insensate
  • meaningless
  • mindless
  • moronic
  • nonsensical
  • obtuse
  • out to lunch
  • pointless
  • puerile
  • simpleminded
  • slow
  • sluggish
  • stolid
  • stupefied
  • thick-headed
  • unthinking
  • witless
See also synonyms for: stupidly / stupidness
On this page you'll find 145 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to stupid, such as: dull, dumb, foolish, futile, ill-advised, and irrelevant.

antonyms for stupid

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  • bright
  • careful
  • intelligent
  • prudent
  • reasonable
  • sensible
  • serious
  • sharp
  • smart
  • thoughtful
  • wise
  • cognizant
  • responsible
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The adjective stupid implies natural slowness or dullness of intellect, or, sometimes, a benumbed or dazed state of mind; it is also used to mean foolish or silly: He was rendered stupid by a blow; It is stupid to do such a thing. Foolish implies a lack of common sense or good judgment or, sometimes, a weakness of mind: a foolish decision; The child seems foolish. Fatuous implies being not only foolish, dull, and vacant in mind, but complacent and highly self-satisfied as well: fatuous and self-important; fatuous answers. Silly denotes extreme and conspicuous foolishness; it may also refer to pointlessness of jokes, remarks, etc.: silly and senseless behavior; a perfectly silly statement. Inane applies to silliness that is notably lacking in content, sense, or point: inane questions that leave one with no reply. Asinine originally meant like an ass; it applies to witlessly stupid conversations or conduct and suggests a lack of social grace or perception: He failed to notice the reaction to his asinine remarks.

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How to use stupid in a sentence

If all “stupid grids” were replaced by smart grids, it would allow cities, for example, to manage production, storage, distribution and consumption of energy and to cut peaks in energy demand that would reduce CO2 emissions dramatically.
USE TODAY’S TECH SOLUTIONS TO MEET THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND DO IT PROFITABLYWALTER THOMPSONFEBRUARY 12, 2021TECHCRUNCH
I’m just going to make this as completely stupid as I want to be.
HOW GIDEON THE NINTH AUTHOR TAMSYN MUIR QUEERS THE SPACE OPERACONSTANCE GRADYFEBRUARY 5, 2021VOX
Her philosophy, onstage and off, is that not everybody is stupid, not only her views are right, and if we listen to those we disagree with instead of rolling our eyes, we might get somewhere.
SARAH SILVERMAN JUST WANTS TO MAKE THINGS RIGHTGEOFF EDGERSFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POST
What that story missed is that professional investors don’t underperform the market because they’re stupid.
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE GAMESTOP BUBBLE BURSTS?PETER KAFKAFEBRUARY 2, 2021VOX
Like, this thing will get published and then some Wyomingite will ride in on a horse and be all like, “Just kidding, we eat chicken wings at our Super Bowl parties, you stupid East Coast rube.”
THE 2021 SUPER BOWL FOOD MAP IS A DEEP DIVE INTO AMERICA’S WEIRD CULINARY UNDERBELLYMATT BONESTEELFEBRUARY 2, 2021WASHINGTON POST
I typed in all the information, and now the browser is doing that stupid thing where it tries to verify you’re not a robot.
FOR YOUNGER GENERATION, SECURING VACCINE APPOINTMENTS FOR PARENTS CAN BE ‘FULL-TIME JOB’TRAVIS ANDREWSFEBRUARY 2, 2021WASHINGTON POST
So, if 2 million people are going to do something together, it can’t just be stupid, because it’ll fall apart.
‘REVENGE TACTIC:’ GAMESTOP'S MASSIVE STOCK SURGE ISN'T ONLY ABOUT MAKING MONEYPETER ALLEN CLARKJANUARY 28, 2021TIME
Stupid things puns—made one myself then, though—just like me.
FRANK FAIRLEGHFRANK E. SMEDLEY
Stupid you were when you stole things out of my book—could you not guess that I might have read my own books?
CREDITORS; PARIAHAUGUST STRINDBERG
Stupid you were when you thought yourself cleverer than me, and when you thought that I could be lured into becoming a thief.
CREDITORS; PARIAHAUGUST STRINDBERG
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