Synonyms of idiotic

idiotic

adjective

variants also idiotical

as in dumb

having or showing an inability to understand or make sensible choices

He ended up making millions from an idea that many had dismissed as idiotic.

I'm afraid I said some really idiotic things yesterday.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dumb
• ridiculous
• irrational
• ignorant
• unreasonable
• unreasoning
• moronic
• stupid
• imbecilic
• simple
• thoughtless
• fatuous
• imbecile
• absurd
• clueless
• illogical
• unintelligent
• silly
• vacuous
• foolish
• dopey
• obtuse
• doltish
• brain-dead
• mindless
• weak
• dunderheaded
• lamebrain
• witless
• thickheaded
• feebleminded
• ludicrous
• pinheaded
• oafish
• dense
• dorky
• fallacious
• dopy
• slow
• unreasoned
• opaque
• laughable
• lamebrained
• softheaded
• invalid
• farcical
• dim-witted
• empty-headed
• insane
• knuckleheaded
• gormless
• dim
• dull
• chuckleheaded
• unsound
• nonrational
• airheaded
• thick
• surd
• slow-witted
• crazy
• birdbrained
• lunatic
• clownish
• soft
• boobish
• chowderheaded
• buffoonish
• nonsensical
• notional
• asinine
• ill-advised
• mad
• whacky
• zany
• preposterous
• daft
• unwise
• unconsidered
• wacky
• loony
• inept
• brainless
• fool
• nutty
• senseless
• simpleminded
• harebrained
• dippy
• kooky
• sappy
• weak-minded
• daffy
• looney
• screwball
• jerky
• cuckoo
• crackpot
• dotty
• half-baked
• half-witted
• cockeyed
• lunkheaded
• tomfool
• bubbleheaded
• balmy
• kookie
• featherheaded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• intelligent
• clever
• reasonable
• smart
• logical
• bright
• valid
• rational
• brainy
• wise
• sensible
• sound
• sane
• prudent
• judicious
• well-advised
• sagacious
• sage
• sapient

Examples of idiotic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And, most perplexingly, did Styles hock a loogie on co-star Chris Pine’s lap at the screening, as social media sleuths contended, or was Spitgate merely a collective hallucination driven by insatiable appetite for idiotic controversy? —Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2022

At the press conference before the first LIV event, each golfer who spoke sounded more idiotic than the one who came before. —Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 9 June 2022

The fracture widens and hardens—fanatic, schismatic, idiotic. —Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2022

Within minutes of arriving in the Sooner state, Dwight has taken over a legal marijuana dispensary run by an idiotic stoner (Martin Starr), wielding nothing but a metal water bottle as a weapon. —Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2022