slow-witted

comparative more slow-witted · superlative most slow-witted

1. Lacking a keen or swift intellect, not too bright or not too swift.

   The ape-man was all attention in an instant. He asked questions as rapidly as the slow-witted anthropoid could answer them.

   1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 199

   Synonyms: slow on the uptake, dull-witted, addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, soft · Antonyms: quick-witted, sharp-witted, astute, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, educated