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Synonyms & Antonyms for witless
Synonyms
airheaded, birdbrained, bonehead, boneheaded, brain-dead, brainless, bubbleheaded, chuckleheaded, dense, dim, dim-witted, doltish, dopey (also dopy), dorky [slang], dull, dumb, dunderheaded, empty-headed, fatuous, gormless [chiefly British], half-witted, knuckleheaded, lamebrain (or lamebrained), lunkheaded, mindless, oafish, obtuse, opaque, pinheaded, senseless, simple, slow, slow-witted, soft, softheaded, stupid, thick, thick-witted, thickheaded, unintelligent, unsmart, vacuous, weak-minded
Antonyms
apt, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, fast, hyperintelligent, intelligent, keen, nimble, quick, quick-witted, sharp, sharp-witted, smart, supersmart, ultrasmart
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And those who are too witless to understand, or pretend witlessness so as to herd others for partisan reasons, do no service to their nation. — John Kass, Twin Cities, "John Kass: A.G. Bill Barr must find true reasons for Trump/Russia probe," 27 June 2019 And those who are too witless to understand, or pretend witlessness so as to herd others for partisan reasons, do no service to their nation. — John Kass, Twin Cities, "John Kass: A.G. Bill Barr must find true reasons for Trump/Russia probe," 27 June 2019 And those who are too witless to understand, or pretend witlessness so as to herd others for partisan reasons, do no service to their nation. — John Kass, Twin Cities, "John Kass: A.G. Bill Barr must find true reasons for Trump/Russia probe," 27 June 2019 And those who are too witless to understand, or pretend witlessness so as to herd others for partisan reasons, do no service to their nation. — John Kass, Twin Cities, "John Kass: A.G. Bill Barr must find true reasons for Trump/Russia probe," 27 June 2019 And those who are too witless to understand, or pretend witlessness so as to herd others for partisan reasons, do no service to their nation. — John Kass, Twin Cities, "John Kass: A.G. Bill Barr must find true reasons for Trump/Russia probe," 27 June 2019 And those who are too witless to understand, or pretend witlessness so as to herd others for partisan reasons, do no service to their nation. — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, "Column: AG Bill Barr must find true reasons for Trump/Russia probe," 19 June 2019 The idea that only weak and/or witless individuals get involved is also way off (see: the list of bold-faced-names associated with Nxivm). — Courtney Shea, refinery29.com, "Why You’re Closer To Joining A Cult Than You Think," 3 June 2019 An opening sequence sets the film's terror-thriller tone by sending witless corporate goons to retrieve a fossil. — Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom review: This nonsense has gone full Sharknado," 22 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'witless.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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