Idiot

What do we mean by idiot?

A person who is considered foolish or stupid. noun

A person of profound mental retardation having a mental age below three years and generally unable to learn connected speech or guard against common dangers. The term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive. noun

To make or render idiotic.

A private person. noun

An unlearned, ignorant, or simple person. noun

A fool or dupe; one who is fooled. noun

A professional fool; a jester; a clown. noun

A human being destitute of the ordinary mental powers; one who is born without understanding or discernment, or who has utterly lost it by disease, so as to have no lucid intervals; one who, by deficiency of the intellectual faculties, is unfit for the social condition, or for taking care of himself in danger. noun

In old English law, one who has been without understanding or reasoning powers from his birth, as distinguished from a lunatic. “At the present day idiocy is considered as a species of insanity or lunacy.” (Rapalje and Lawrence.) noun

Afflicted with or indicating idiocy; idiotic.

A man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public office. noun

An unlearned, ignorant, or simple person, as distinguished from the educated; an ignoramus. noun

A human being destitute of the ordinary intellectual powers, whether congenital, developmental, or accidental; commonly, a person without understanding from birth; a natural fool. In a former classification of mentally retarded people, idiot designated a person whose adult level of intelligence was equivalent to that of a three-year old or younger; this corresponded with an I.Q. level of approximately 25 or less. noun

A fool; a simpleton; -- a term of reproach. noun

A common term for a person of low general intelligence. noun

A medical or psychological term meaning a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old. noun

A person of subnormal intelligence noun

A person of low general intelligence.

A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool.

A person of the lowest intellectual standing, a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old; a person with an IQ below 30.

Words that are spelled similarly to idiot:
idiot, idiom, idion, vidiot, idio, idio-, idit, idot, diot, idist, iiot, itiot.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word idiot:
savant, lunatic, bastard, kew, fool, stupid, flesh, repertory, breakdown, abroad, asylum, bowie, armstrong, box, depicts, berkeley, broadway, boyfriend, funny, punk, blind, god, knows, guy, pilot, boy, dreams, ted, boulevard, nothing, karl, plot, wind, comedy, weekly, tony, premiered, videos, musical, andy, guide, green, adaptation.

Adjectives that are often used to describe idiot:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective idiot:
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Consonant match to idiot:
ideate, odorate, aday et, adieu at, ado at, heyday it, idea it, odor hit, odor it, urdu at.

Words that sound like idiot:
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