Dumb vs. Idiot
Dumbadjective
(dated) Unable to speak; lacking power of speech (kept in "deaf, dumb, and blind").
Dumbadjective
(dated) Silent; unaccompanied by words.
Dumbadjective
extremely stupid.
Dumbadjective
(figuratively) Pointless, foolish, lacking intellectual content or value.
Dumbadjective
Lacking brightness or clearness, as a colour.
Dumbverb
To silence.
Dumbverb
(transitive) To make stupid.
Dumbverb
(transitive) To represent as stupid.
Dumbverb
(transitive) To reduce the intellectual demands of.
Dumbadjective
Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.
Dumbadjective
Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show.
Dumbadjective
Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color.
Dumbverb
To put to silence.
Dumbadjective
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity;
Dumbadjective
unable to speak temporarily;
Dumbadjective
lacking the power of human speech;
Dumbadjective
unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
Idiotnoun
(pejorative) A person of low general intelligence.
Idiotnoun
(pejorative) A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool.
Idiotnoun
A person of the lowest intellectual standing, a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old; a person with an IQ below 30.
Idiotadjective
(uncommon) idiotic, stupid
Idiotnoun
A man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public office.
Idiotnoun
An unlearned, ignorant, or simple person, as distinguished from the educated; an ignoramus.
Idiotnoun
A human being destitute of the ordinary intellectual powers, whether congenital, developmental, or accidental; commonly, a person without understanding from birth; a natural fool. In a former classification of mentally retarded people, idiot designated a person whose adult level of intelligence was equivalent to that of a three-year old or younger; this corresponded with an I.Q. level of approximately 25 or less.
Idiotnoun
A fool; a simpleton; - a term of reproach.
Idiotnoun
a person of subnormal intelligence
Idiotnoun
a stupid person.
Idiotnoun
a person of low intelligence.
Idiot
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.
