numskull
Plural: numskulls
Noun
- A foolish or stupid person; a dunce.
- a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
- A dunce, mentally dull or stupid person.
- A person who refuses to learn or grow mentally.
Examples
- He felt like a total ’NUMSKULL’ for missing the easy seven-letter word on the board.
- That numskull will never learn how to compose a letter.
Origin / Etymology
From numb (“deadened”) + skull.
Synonyms
blockhead, bonehead, dumbass, dunce, dunderhead, fuckhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, shithead, airhead, bubblehead, thickhead
Scrabble Score: 14
numskull: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordnumskull: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
numskull: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary