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- [stoo-pid, styoo‐]
- /ˈstu pɪd, ˈstyu‐/
- /ˈstjuːpɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [stoo-pid, styoo‐]
- /ˈstu pɪd, ˈstyu‐/
Definitions of stupid word
- adjective stupid lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull. 1
- adjective stupid characterized by or proceeding from mental dullness; foolish; senseless: a stupid question. 1
- adjective stupid tediously dull, especially due to lack of meaning or sense; inane; pointless: a stupid party. 1
- adjective stupid annoying or irritating; troublesome: Turn off that stupid radio. 1
- adjective stupid in a state of stupor; stupefied: stupid from fatigue. 1
- adjective stupid Slang. excellent; terrific. 1
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Origin of stupid
First appearance:
before 1535 One of the 29% oldest English words
1535-45; < Latin stupidus, equivalent to stup(ēre) to be numb or stunned + -idus -id4
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Parts of speech for Stupid
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adjective
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preposition
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stupid popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for stupid
noun stupid
- airhead — If you describe someone, especially a young woman, as an airhead, you are critical of them because you think they are not at all clever and are interested only in unimportant things.
- dodo — any of several clumsy, flightless, extinct birds of the genera Raphus and Pezophaps, related to pigeons but about the size of a turkey, formerly inhabiting the islands of Mauritius, Réunion, and Rodriguez.
- dolt — a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- dork — Slang. a silly, out-of-touch person who tends to look odd or behave ridiculously around others; a social misfit: If you make me wear that, I’ll look like a total dork! Synonyms: jerk, schmo; nerd, geek.
- dumdum — a silly, stupid person.
adj stupid
- airheaded — Slang. a scatterbrained, stupid, or simple-minded person; dolt.
- all wet — wrong; mistaken
- anencephalic — born with no or only a partial brain
- anencephalous — congenital absence of part or all of the brain.
- asinine — If you describe something or someone as asinine, you mean that they are very foolish.
adjective stupid
- cloddish — of, relating to, or resembling a clod or boor; doltish; stolid.
- crackbrained — insane, idiotic, or crazy
- cracked — An object that is cracked has lines on its surface because it is damaged.
- crazy — If you describe someone or something as crazy, you think they are very foolish or strange.
- dense — Something that is dense contains a lot of things or people in a small area.
Antonyms for stupid
adj stupid
adjective stupid
- acroamatic — relating to oral communication
- alert — If you are alert, you are paying full attention to things around you and are able to deal with anything that might happen.
- argute — (of sounds) shrill
- astucious — Subtle; cunning; astute.
- centrefold — A centrefold is a picture that covers the two central pages of a magazine, especially a photograph of a naked or partly naked woman.
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