Meanings
- not comparableHaving low intelligence.
"These girls were a little queer, to be sure, almost half-witted, but that came from their having seen fairies," he added, with an indignant look at the squire.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 264Synonyms: dim-witted, slow-witted, addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, soft
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving low intelligence.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveretarded in intellectual development
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian малоумен, слабоумен
- малоумен (maloumen)having a low intelligence
- слабоумен (slaboumen)having a low intelligence
Dutch dom, achterlijk
- domhaving a low intelligence
- achterlijkhaving a low intelligence
Hungarian féleszű
- féleszűhaving a low intelligence
Italian deficiente, mentecatto
- deficientehaving a low intelligence
- mentecattohaving a low intelligence
Tagalog langkas
- langkashaving a low intelligence
Turkish yarım akıllı, akılsız
- yarım akıllıhaving a low intelligence
- akılsızhaving a low intelligence
Cite this entry
half-witted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half-witted
“half-witted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half-witted. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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