numskull

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noun

A dunce, mentally dull or stupid person.

“That numskull will never learn how to compose a letter.”

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Meanings

nounnumskull (plural numskulls)

plural numskulls · alternative numbskull

  1. derogatoryA dunce, mentally dull or stupid person.
  2. derogatoryA person who refuses to learn or grow mentally.

    That numskull will never learn how to compose a letter.

Synonyms & antonyms

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nouna stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence

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stupidstupid personstupe
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blockheadboneheadchowderheaddumbassduncedunderheadfoolfuckheadhammerheadignoramusknuckleheadloggerheadlunkheadmuttonheadnumbheadshitheadthickhead

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From numb (“deadened”) + skull.

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Translations

Bulgarian дървеняк
  • дървеняк (dărvenjak)mentally dull or stupid person
Danish tossehoved
  • tossehovedmentally dull or stupid person
Dutch leeghoofd
  • leeghoofdmentally dull or stupid person
Finnish pölkkypää
  • pölkkypäämentally dull or stupid person
German taube Nuss
  • taube Nussmentally dull or stupid person
Latin gurdus
  • gurdusmentally dull or stupid person
Māori poroheahea, wawau
  • poroheaheamentally dull or stupid person
  • wawaumentally dull or stupid person
  • pōrewarewamentally dull or stupid person
  • ngoungouamentally dull or stupid person
Portuguese cabeça oca
  • cabeça ocamentally dull or stupid person
Spanish hueca cabeza, cabeza hueca
  • hueca cabezamentally dull or stupid person
  • cabeza huecamentally dull or stupid person
Swedish knäppskalle
  • knäppskallementally dull or stupid person
Cite this entry
APA

numskull. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/numskull

MLA

“numskull.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/numskull. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “numskull,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/numskull.

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