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Synonyms for stupidity
stuˈpɪd ɪ ti, styu-stu·pid·i·ty

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. stupidity

    Stupidity is sometimes loosely used for temporary dulness or partial stupor, but chiefly for innate and chronic dulness and sluggishness of mental action, obtuseness of apprehension, etc. Apathy may be temporary, and be dispelled by appeal to the feelings or by the presentation of an adequate motive, but stupidity is inveterate and commonly incurable. Compare APATHY; IDIOCY; STUPOR.

    Synonyms:
    apathy, dulness, insensibility, obtuseness, slowness, sluggishness, stupefaction, stupor

    Antonyms:
    acuteness, alertness, animation, brilliancy, cleverness, intelligence, keenness, quickness, readiness, sagacity, sense, sensibility

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. stupiditynoun

    a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience

    Synonyms:
    folly, betise, foolishness, imbecility

    Antonyms:
    intelligence

  2. stupidity, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecilitynoun

    a stupid mistake

    Synonyms:
    lunacy, imbecility, madness, foolery, betise, tomfoolery, indulgence, unwiseness, foolishness, folly, craziness

    Antonyms:
    intelligence

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. stupiditynoun

    Synonyms:
    dulness, obtuseness, sluggishness of understanding, slowness of apprehension

  2. stupiditynoun

    Synonyms:
    lifelessness, heaviness, insipidity, tameness, vapidness, want of interest

  3. stupiditynoun

    Synonyms:
    stupor, lethargy, torpor, COMA, stupefaction, morbid drowsiness

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "stupidity":

    foolishness, nonsense, folly, stupid, blunder

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#4775stupid
#9249madness
#12351nonsense
#18098indulgence
#20444stupidity
#21891folly
#28609apathy
#45358blunder
#47276foolishness
#49375lunacy
#53531slowness
#57260craziness
#68517stupor
#114781tomfoolery
#120897sluggishness
#173706imbecility
#180107foolery
#189206insensibility
#263474stupefaction
#269750dulness
#290675obtuseness

How to use stupidity in a sentence?

  1. Ramana Pemmaraju:

    Only he qualifies to be an INDIVIDUAL, who has created an IMAGE for himself, in tune with his INTRINSIC NATURE, for majority only succumb to the human stupidity and perish!

  2. Remy de Gourmont:

    Man is the inventor of stupidity.

  3. Spanish Proverb:

    Books are hindrances to persisting stupidity.

  4. Frank Leahy:

    Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.

  5. Terry Pratchett, Hogfather:

    Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.


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