dolt

Meanings

Plural: dolts

Noun

a person who is not very bright
A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.

Verb

To behave foolishly.
To fool; to trick

Origin / Etymology

First used as a noun in Early Modern English, from dialectal English dold (“stupid, confused”), from Middle English dold, a variant of dulled, dult (“dulled”), past participle of dullen, dollen (“to make dull, make stupid”), from dull, dul, dwal (“stupid”). More at dull.

Synonyms

alcatote, arsehole, asshat, asshole, bayard, berk, birdbrain, blither, bobchin, bonehead, bozo, brickhead, buffoon, Charlie, chowderhead, chucklehead, chump, clart, clown, der-brain, dill pickle, dim bulb, dingleberry, dipshit, dipstick, dirtbrain, div, divvo, divvy, dolt, donk, doodle, doofus, dope, dork, dote, dotterel, dullard, dumb fuck, dumbass, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, dupe, fathead, fenderhead, fiddle, fuckwit, fuzznut, geck, gig, gink, goober, gooseberry, gowk, gubbins, gump, ha'p'orth, Homer Simpson, ignoramus, imbecile, jamoke, jerk, jerkoff, jolterhead, jolthead, juggins, jughead, knucklehead, lamebrain, mameluke (US (Italian-American), maroon, meathead, mong, moron, mug, muggins, mushhead, nimrod, nincompoop, nit, nitwit, not the sharpest knife in the drawer, numps, numpty, numskull, nupson, oaf, pillock, pinhead, plonker, poor fish, prat, pudden-head, pudding head, retard, schmo, schmuck, shit for brains, shithead, shitwit, slang), snapperhead, softhead, sot, stupe, stupid, stupid person, sucker, thickhead, tonto, tool, tosser, tosspot, twat, twerp, twit, wally, wantwit, wazzock, yampy

Scrabble Score: 5

dolt is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
dolt is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dolt is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

dolt is a valid Words With Friends word