imbeciles

The word “imbeciles” has 3 syllables: im-be-ciles

It's pronounced as /ˈɪmbəsaɪlz/


What is synonym and antonym for imbeciles?

In the thesaurus, “imbeciles” has 115 synonyms and 12 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for imbeciles along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for imbeciles

  • airheads
  • beasts
  • birdbrains
  • blockheads
  • boneheads
  • boobies
  • boors
  • bubbleheads
  • buffoons
  • cads
  • chowderheads
  • chuckleheads
  • churls
  • clodpoles
  • clodpolls
  • clots
  • clowns
  • clucks
  • clunks
  • creeps
  • cretins
  • cuddies
  • curs
  • deadheads
  • dim bulbs
  • dimwits
  • dips
  • dodoes
  • dodos
  • dolts
  • donkeys
  • doofuses
  • dopes
  • dorks
  • dufuses
  • dullards
  • dum-dums
  • dumb clucks
  • dumbbells
  • dumbheads
  • dummies
  • dummkopfs
  • dunces
  • dunderheads
  • fatheads
  • featherbrains
  • fools
  • ganders
  • gawks
  • geese
  • golems
  • goofs
  • goons
  • half-wits
  • hammerheads
  • hardheads
  • heels
  • idiots
  • ignorami
  • ignoramuses
  • jackasses
  • jerks
  • know-nothings
  • knuckleheads
  • lamebrains
  • loggerheads
  • loonies
  • loons
  • losers
  • lumps
  • lunatics
  • lunkheads
  • lunks
  • madmen
  • meatheads
  • momes
  • morons
  • mugs
  • mutts
  • naturals
  • nimrods
  • nincompoops
  • ninnies
  • ninnyhammers
  • nits
  • nitwits
  • noddies
  • noodles
  • numbskulls
  • numskulls
  • nuts
  • oafs
  • pinheads
  • prats
  • ratbags
  • sapheads
  • scatterbrains
  • schlubs
  • schnooks
  • shlubs
  • simpletons
  • skunk
  • skunks
  • snakes
  • stinkers
  • stocks
  • stupes
  • stupids
  • thickheads
  • turkeys
  • villains
  • woodenheads
  • yahoos
  • yo-yos
  • zanies

Antonyms for imbeciles

  • Renaissance men
  • brains
  • genii
  • geniuses
  • intellects
  • intellectuals
  • polymaths
  • sages
  • sharpies
  • thinkers
  • whizzes
  • wizards

Meanings of imbeciles

  • noun
    1. A person with limited mental capacity who can perform tasks and think only like a young child, in medical circles meaning a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal five to seven-year-old child.
    2. A fool, an idiot.

Example Sentences

  • Imbeciles resort to violence when they lack the capacity for reasoned discourse.
  • It's appalling how some imbeciles spread misinformation without considering the consequences.
  • The court ruled that the imbeciles were not fit to stand trial due to their mental incapacity.
  • The prank was orchestrated by a group of reckless imbeciles with no regard for others' safety.
  • Society must protect vulnerable individuals from exploitation by those who seek to take advantage of their status as imbeciles.

On this page you'll find 127 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to imbeciles, such as: Renaissance men, airheads, beasts, birdbrains, blockheads, boneheads, boobies.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

half-wits

  • airheads
  • beasts
  • berks
  • birdbrains
  • blockheads
  • boneheads
  • boobies
  • boors
  • bubbleheads
  • buffoons
  • butts
  • cads
  • characters
  • charleys
  • charlies
  • chowderheads
  • chuckleheads
  • chumps
  • churls
  • clodpoles
  • clodpolls
  • clots
  • clowns
  • clucks
  • clunks
  • codgers
  • crackbrains
  • crackpots
  • cranks
  • creeps
  • cretins
  • cuckoos
  • cuddies
  • curs
  • daredevils
  • deadheads
  • dim bulbs
  • dimwits
  • ding-a-lings
  • ding-dongs
  • dingbats
  • dips
  • dipsticks
  • dodoes
  • dodos
  • dolts
  • donkeys
  • doofuses
  • dopes
  • dorks
  • dufuses
  • dullards
  • dum-dums
  • dumb clucks
  • dumbbells
  • dumbheads
  • dummies
  • dummkopfs
  • dunces
  • dunderheads
  • dupes
  • fatheads
  • featherbrains
  • featherheads
  • fools
  • ganders
  • gawks
  • geese
  • gits
  • golems
  • goofs
  • goons
  • hammerheads
  • hardheads
  • heels
  • idiots
  • ignorami
  • ignoramuses
  • imbeciles
  • jackasses
  • jerks
  • know-nothings
  • knuckleheads
  • kooks
  • lamebrains
  • laughingstocks
  • loggerheads
  • loonies
  • loons
  • losers
  • lumps
  • lunatics
  • lunkheads
  • lunks
  • madmen
  • madwomen
  • meatheads
  • mockeries
  • momes
  • monkeys
  • mooncalves
  • morons
  • mugs
  • mutts
  • naturals
  • nimrods
  • nincompoops
  • ninnies
  • ninnyhammers
  • nits
  • nitwits
  • noddies
  • noodles
  • numbskulls
  • numskulls
  • nutcases
  • nuts
  • oafs
  • oddballs
  • pinheads
  • prats
  • ratbags
  • sapheads
  • scatterbrains
  • schlemiels
  • schlubs
  • schlumps
  • schnooks
  • screwballs
  • shlemiels
  • shlubs
  • simpletons
  • simps
  • skunk
  • skunks
  • snakes
  • stinkers
  • stocks
  • stupes
  • stupids
  • thickheads
  • turkeys
  • villains
  • weirdos
  • woodenheads
  • yahoos
  • yo-yos
  • zanies

sapheads

  • airheads
  • beasts
  • birdbrains
  • blockheads
  • boneheads
  • boobies
  • boors
  • bubbleheads
  • buffoons
  • cads
  • chowderheads
  • chuckleheads
  • churls
  • clodpoles
  • clodpolls
  • clots
  • clowns
  • clucks
  • clunks
  • creeps
  • cretins
  • cuddies
  • curs
  • deadheads
  • dim bulbs
  • dimwits
  • dips
  • dodoes
  • dodos
  • dolts
  • donkeys
  • doofuses
  • dopes
  • dorks
  • dufuses
  • dullards
  • dum-dums
  • dumb clucks
  • dumbbells
  • dumbheads
  • dummies
  • dummkopfs
  • dunces
  • dunderheads
  • fatheads
  • featherbrains
  • fools
  • ganders
  • gawks
  • geese
  • golems
  • goofs
  • goons
  • half-wits
  • hammerheads
  • hardheads
  • heels
  • idiots
  • ignorami
  • ignoramuses
  • imbeciles
  • jackasses
  • jerks
  • know-nothings
  • knuckleheads
  • lamebrains
  • loggerheads
  • loonies
  • loons
  • losers
  • lumps
  • lunatics
  • lunkheads
  • lunks
  • madmen
  • meatheads
  • momes
  • morons
  • mugs
  • mutts
  • naturals
  • nimrods
  • nincompoops
  • ninnies
  • ninnyhammers
  • nits
  • nitwits
  • noddies
  • noodles
  • numbskulls
  • numskulls
  • nuts
  • oafs
  • pinheads
  • prats
  • ratbags
  • scatterbrains
  • schlubs
  • schnooks
  • shlubs
  • simpletons
  • skunk
  • skunks
  • snakes
  • stinkers
  • stocks
  • stupes
  • stupids
  • thickheads
  • turkeys
  • villains
  • woodenheads
  • yahoos
  • yo-yos
  • zanies

Neanderthals

  • airheads
  • animals
  • anthropoids
  • apes
  • barbarians
  • beasts
  • birdbrains
  • blockheads
  • blunderers
  • boneheads
  • boobies
  • boors
  • brutes
  • bubbleheads
  • cads
  • cavemen
  • chowderheads
  • chuckleheads
  • chumps
  • churls
  • clodhoppers
  • clodpoles
  • clodpolls
  • clods
  • clots
  • clowns
  • clucks
  • clunks
  • creeps
  • cretins
  • cuddies
  • curs
  • deadheads
  • dim bulbs
  • dimwits
  • dips
  • dodoes
  • dodos
  • dolts
  • donkeys
  • doofuses
  • dopes
  • dorks
  • dufuses
  • dullards
  • dum-dums
  • dumbbells
  • dumbheads
  • dummies
  • dummkopfs
  • dunces
  • dunderheads
  • fatheads
  • featherbrains
  • fools
  • galoots
  • ganders
  • gawks
  • geese
  • golems
  • goofs
  • goons
  • half-wits
  • hammerheads
  • hardheads
  • heathen
  • heathens
  • heels
  • hulks
  • idiots
  • ignorami
  • ignoramuses
  • imbeciles
  • jackasses
  • jerks
  • know-nothings
  • knuckleheads
  • lamebrains
  • loggerheads
  • loonies
  • loons
  • losers
  • louses
  • louts
  • lubbers
  • lugs
  • lumps
  • lunatics
  • lunkheads
  • lunks
  • madmen
  • meatheads
  • momes
  • morons
  • mugs
  • mutts
  • naturals
  • nimrods
  • nincompoops
  • ninnies
  • ninnyhammers
  • nits
  • nitwits
  • noddies
  • noodles
  • numbskulls
  • numskulls
  • nuts
  • oafs
  • palookas
  • pinheads
  • prats
  • primitives
  • rascals
  • ratbags
  • rogues
  • sapheads
  • savages
  • scamps
  • scatterbrains
  • schlemiels
  • schlubs
  • schnooks
  • shlemiels
  • shlubs
  • simpletons
  • simps
  • skunk
  • skunks
  • slouches
  • snakes
  • stinkers
  • stocks
  • stupes
  • stupids
  • swine
  • thickheads
  • tikes
  • troglodytes
  • turkeys
  • tykes
  • villains
  • woodenheads
  • yahoos
  • yo-yos

oafs

  • Neanderthals
  • airheads
  • anthropoids
  • apes
  • beasts
  • birdbrains
  • blockheads
  • blunderers
  • boneheads
  • boobies
  • boors
  • brutes
  • bubbleheads
  • buffoons
  • cads
  • chowderheads
  • chuckleheads
  • chumps
  • churls
  • clodhoppers
  • clodpoles
  • clodpolls
  • clods
  • clots
  • clowns
  • clucks
  • clunks
  • creeps
  • cretins
  • cuddies
  • curs
  • deadheads
  • dim bulbs
  • dimwits
  • dips
  • dodoes
  • dodos
  • dolts
  • donkeys
  • doofuses
  • dopes
  • dorks
  • dufuses
  • dullards
  • dum-dums
  • dumb clucks
  • dumbbells
  • dumbheads
  • dummies
  • dummkopfs
  • dunces
  • dunderheads
  • fatheads
  • featherbrains
  • fools
  • galoots
  • ganders
  • gawks
  • geese
  • golems
  • goofs
  • goons
  • half-wits
  • hammerheads
  • hardheads
  • heels
  • hulks
  • idiots
  • ignorami
  • ignoramuses
  • imbeciles
  • jackasses
  • jerks
  • know-nothings
  • knuckleheads
  • lamebrains
  • loggerheads
  • loonies
  • loons
  • losers
  • louses
  • louts
  • lubbers
  • lugs
  • lumps
  • lunatics
  • lunkheads
  • lunks
  • madmen
  • meatheads
  • momes
  • morons
  • mugs
  • mutts
  • naturals
  • nimrods
  • nincompoops
  • ninnies
  • ninnyhammers
  • nits
  • nitwits
  • noddies
  • noodles
  • numbskulls
  • numskulls
  • nuts
  • palookas
  • pinheads
  • prats
  • rascals
  • ratbags
  • rogues
  • sapheads
  • scamps
  • scatterbrains
  • schlemiels
  • schlubs
  • schnooks
  • shlemiels
  • shlubs
  • simpletons
  • simps
  • skunk
  • skunks
  • slouches
  • snakes
  • stinkers
  • stocks
  • stupes
  • stupids
  • thickheads
  • tikes
  • turkeys
  • tykes
  • villains
  • woodenheads
  • yahoos
  • yo-yos
  • zanies

deadheads

  • airheads
  • beasts
  • birdbrains
  • blockheads
  • boneheads
  • boobies
  • boors
  • bubbleheads
  • buffoons
  • cads
  • chowderheads
  • chuckleheads
  • churls
  • clodpoles
  • clodpolls
  • clots
  • clowns
  • clucks
  • clunks
  • creeps
  • cretins
  • cuddies
  • curs
  • dim bulbs
  • dimwits
  • dips
  • dodoes
  • dodos
  • dolts
  • donkeys
  • doofuses
  • dopes
  • dorks
  • dufuses
  • dullards
  • dum-dums
  • dumb clucks
  • dumbbells
  • dumbheads
  • dummies
  • dummkopfs
  • dunces
  • dunderheads
  • fatheads
  • featherbrains
  • fools
  • ganders
  • gawks
  • geese
  • golems
  • goofs
  • goons
  • half-wits
  • hammerheads
  • hardheads
  • heels
  • idiots
  • ignorami
  • ignoramuses
  • imbeciles
  • jackasses
  • jerks
  • know-nothings
  • knuckleheads
  • lamebrains
  • loggerheads
  • loonies
  • loons
  • losers
  • lumps
  • lunatics
  • lunkheads
  • lunks
  • madmen
  • meatheads
  • momes
  • morons
  • mugs
  • mutts
  • naturals
  • nimrods
  • nincompoops
  • ninnies
  • ninnyhammers
  • nits
  • nitwits
  • noddies
  • noodles
  • numbskulls
  • numskulls
  • nuts
  • oafs
  • pinheads
  • prats
  • ratbags
  • sapheads
  • scatterbrains
  • schlubs
  • schnooks
  • shlubs
  • simpletons
  • skunk
  • skunks
  • snakes
  • stinkers
  • stocks
  • stupes
  • stupids
  • thickheads
  • turkeys
  • villains
  • woodenheads
  • yahoos
  • yo-yos
  • zanies

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