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sim·ple·ton
(sĭm′pəl-tən)n.
A person who is felt to be deficient in judgment, good sense, or intelligence; a fool.
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simpleton
(ˈsɪmpəltən)n
a foolish or ignorant person
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sim•ple•ton
(ˈsɪm pəl tən)n.
a foolish or silly person.
[1640–50]
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simpleton
- dodo - Comes from Portuguese doudo, "fool, simpleton," from the bird's awkward appearance.
- doodle - Originally a noun meaning "fool, simpleton," from German dudeltopf, it came to mean absent-minded scribbling.
- gullible - A derivative of archaic gull, "dupe" or "simpleton."
- half-wit - Originally was "a would-be wit whose abilities are mediocre"; the sense of "simpleton" (one lacking all his wits) is attested to 1755.
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| Noun | 1. | simpleton - a person lacking intelligence or common sense individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" airhead - a flighty scatterbrained simpleton; "she's a total airhead"; "every airhead on a big salary rushed out to buy one" dingbat - a silly empty-headed person; "you would be a dingbat even to try it"; "yet here he was with an upper class dingbat who just happened to be married to his sister" idiot savant - person who is mentally retarded in general but who displays remarkable aptitude in some limited field (usually involving memory) nincompoop, ninny - a stupid foolish person forgetful person, scatterbrain - a flighty and disorganized person schnook, shnook - (Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised; "don't be such an apologetic shnook" sheep - a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon space cadet - someone who seems unable to respond appropriately to reality (as if under the influence of some narcotic drug) dolt, dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person - a person who is not very bright; "The economy, stupid!" subnormal - a person of less than normal intelligence |
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simpleton
noun halfwit, fool, idiot, charlie (Brit. informal), goose (informal), dope (informal), jerk (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), plank (Brit. slang), berk (Brit. slang), wally (slang), booby, coot, moron, geek (slang), twit (informal, chiefly Brit.), chump, dunce, imbecile (informal), oaf, dullard, jackass, dipstick (Brit. slang), dickhead (slang), gonzo (slang), schmuck (U.S. slang), dork (slang), nitwit (informal), dolt, blockhead, greenhorn (informal), ninny, divvy (Brit. slang), nincompoop, dweeb (U.S. slang), putz (U.S. slang), fathead (informal), Simple Simon, weenie (U.S. informal), eejit (Scot. & Irish), thicko (Brit. slang), dumb-ass (slang), gobshite (Irish taboo slang), numpty (Scot. informal), doofus (slang, chiefly U.S.), fuckwit (taboo slang), dickwit (slang), nerd or nurd (slang), numskull or numbskull, twerp or twirp (informal) He was a lightweight, a political simpleton.
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Translations
إنسان أحمَق
абдал
prosťáček
dummepeter
heimskingi
aptal kimse
simpleton
[ˈsɪmpltən] N → inocentón/ona m/f, simplón/ona m/fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
simpleton
n → Einfaltspinsel m
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simpleton
[ˈsɪmplt/ən] n (old) → semplicione/a, sempliciotto/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
simple
(ˈsimpl) adjective1. not difficult; easy. a simple task.
2. not complicated or involved. The matter is not as simple as you think.
3. not fancy or unusual; plain. a simple dress/design; He leads a very simple life.
4. pure; mere. the simple truth.
5. trusting and easily cheated. She is too simple to see through his lies.
6. weak in the mind; not very intelligent. I'm afraid he's a bit simple, but he's good with animals.
ˈsimpleton (-tən) noun a foolish person.
simplicity (simˈplisəti) noun the state of being simple. The beauty of this idea is its simplicity; He answered with a child's simplicity.
ˌsimplifiˈcation noun1. the process of making simpler.
2. something made simpler; a simpler form. The Americans have made some simplifications in English spelling.
ˈsimplified adjective made less difficult or complicated. simplified language/tasks.
ˈsimplify (-plifai) verb to make simpler. Can you simplify your language a little?
ˈsimply adverb1. only. I do it simply for the money.
2. absolutely. simply beautiful.
3. in a simple manner. She was always very simply dressed.
ˌsimple-ˈminded adjective of low intelligence; stupid.
ˌsimple-ˈmindedness nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.