What does idiot mean?
Idiot means (derogatory) A person of low general intelligence..
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/ˈɪdiət/ · noun
(derogatory) A person of low general intelligence..
Only an idiot would fail this exam.
After failing a hat-trick of exams, the teacher called him an idiot.
He thought people who don't like cricket are idiots. He later got into fights with people who like football.
We think that people who cycle without a helmet are idiots.
“He’s an idiot – in terms of saying that. Everybody knows this. Everybody knows it. Nobody doubts it,” Biden said.
“One of the things that you write so beautifully, and your stuff is so fun to read, but you write about Trump, quote, ‘The way that you build a truly vicious nationalist movement is to wed a relatively small core of belligerent idiots to a much larger group of opportunists and spineless fellow travelers whose primary function is to turn a blind eye to things,’” Kennedy said, reading Taibbi’s own writing back to him.
Idiots were thought to be peculiarly under the care of the Deity, and it was believed that those who treated them kindly would be blessed.
It is an offence for a man to have unlawful sexual intercourse with a woman whom he knows to be an idiot or imbecile.
Use idiot when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Idiot means (derogatory) A person of low general intelligence..
Common synonyms include addle-brain, addlehead, addle pate, airhead.
Possible antonyms include genius, intelligent person.
Only an idiot would fail this exam.
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