idiot
Syllables: id·i·ot/ˈɪd͡ʒət/UK/ˈɪdiət/
idiot noun: a person of low general intelligence.
Noun (1)
idiot (plural idiots)
- A person of low general intelligence.
- Only an idiot would fail this exam.
- After failing a hat-trick of exams, the teacher called him an idiot.
- A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool.
- He thought people who don't like cricket are idiots. He later got into fights with people who like football.
- We think that people who cycle without a helmet are idiots.
- 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.
- Idiots were thought to be peculiarly under the care of the Deity, and it was believed that those who treated them kindly would be blessed.1896, Clifton Johnson, “Folks”, in What They Say in New England (non-fiction), Boston, Massachusetts, United States: Lee and Shepard Publishers, page 105
- It is an offence for a man to have unlawful sexual intercourse with a woman whom he knows to be an idiot or imbecile.1956, Parliament of the United Kingdom, “Part I, section 7”, in Sexual Offences Act 1956, page 2
Adjective
idiot (comparative more idiot, superlative most idiot)
Noun (2) capitalized: IDiot
IDiot (plural IDiots)
- A proponent of intelligent design.
- In his moronic book, _The Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions about Intelligent Design_ (2004), 334pp., the IDiot William Dembski writes on page 305 about how a fellow IDiot was fired from a research position at a "prestigious molecular biology laboratory" the very same day a press...2004 March 12, David Ford, “Re: How is this for an ID lesson plan?”, in talk.origins (Usenet), message-ID <b1c67abe.0403121312.35d2e0c@posting.google.com>
- Nor does any sane or rational person believe any enzyme fell together all at once purely by chance - that is the domain of creotards, IDiots, and theoloons.2008 October 17, Prof Weird, “Re: Pretty cool eh?”, in talk.origins (Usenet), message-ID <9f2b4ea1-f138-4ff1-b526-ea6ba94156e4@l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com>
idiot meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
idiot in Hindi
- person of low general intelligence
- मूर्ख mūrkh, बुद्धू buddhū, उल्लू ullū, बेवक़ूफ़ bevqūf, अहमक़ ahmaq, अहमक ahmak
- person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old
- बालबुद्धि bālbuddhi
idiot in Tamil
- person of low general intelligence
- முட்டாள் muṭṭāḷ, அறிவிலி aṟivili, லூசு lūcu
idiot in Urdu
- person of low general intelligence
- مُورْکھ mūrkh, بیوَقُوف bevaqūf, بے وُقُوف be vuqūf, اُلُّو ullū, بُدُّھو buddhū, اَحْمَق ahmaq
idiot in Bengali
- person of low general intelligence
- মূর্খ murkho, বেক্কল bekkol
More languagesFewer languages
- idiot in Telugu
- వెధవ vedhava
- idiot in Malayalam
- കണ്ണാപ്പി kaṇṇāppi, പൊട്ടൻ poṭṭaṉ
- idiot in Kannada
- ಬರಡ, ಬಱಡ, ಪೆದ್ದ, ಅವಿವೇಕಿ
- idiot in Punjabi
- ਮੂਰਖ mūrakh, ਬੇਵਕੂਫ਼ bevkūf
- idiot in Gujarati
- ડોબું ḍobũ, મૂર્ખ mūrkh, મૂઢ mūḍh
- idiot in Sanskrit
- मूढ mūḍha, निर्बुद्धि nirbuddhi, मूर्ख mūrkha, जल jala
- idiot in Tagalog
- bobo, tanga, ungas
- idiot in Arabic
- أَحْمَق ʔaḥmaq, غَبِيّ ḡabiyy, مُغَفَّل muḡaffal, أَبْلَه ʔablah
- idiot in Malay
- bodoh
- idiot in Indonesian
- bodoh
- idiot in Thai
- คนโง่ kon-ngôo, ไอ้งั่ง, คนโง่เง่า, คนบ้า
- idiot in Vietnamese
- thằng ngốc, thằng ngu
- idiot in Myanmar
- ဗာလ bala.
Synonyms of idiot
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Antonyms
- genius
- intelligent person
Forms of idiot
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | idiots |
| plural | IDiots |
| alternative form (nonstandard) | idjit |
| alternative form (nonstandard) | idget |
| alternative Ireland Scotland (nonstandard) | eejit |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more idiot |
| superlative | most idiot |
Origin of idiot
From Middle English idiote, ydiote, from Old French idiote (later idiot), from Latin idiota, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “a private citizen, one who has no professional knowledge, layman”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “one's own, pertaining to oneself, private”). Doublet of idiota. By surface analysis, idi- + -ot.
blend English IDiot Blend of ID (“intelligent design”) + idiot.
Words formed from idiot
- cidiot
- covidiot
- dipshidiot
- Floridiot
- idiocracy
- idiotacy
- idiot board
- idiot box
- idiot card
- idiotcy
- idioted
- idiot end
- idiotery
- idiotese
- idiotfest
- idiot girl
- idiotic
- idioticy
- idiotish
- idiotism
- idiotist
- idiotize
- idiot light
- idiotlike
- idiotly
- idiot mittens
- idiotness
- idiotor
- idiotorial
- idiot-proof
- idiotry
- idiot sandwich
- idiot-savant
- idiot sheet
- idiot stick
- idiot string
- idiot tape
- idiot tax
- Idiotville
- kiddiot
- mediot
- neo-idiot
- pyramidiot
- radiot
- shidiot
- shitiot
- televidiot
- twidiot
- useful idiot
- vidiot
- village idiot
Phrases with idiot
Questions about idiot
- What does idiot mean?
- Idiot means a person of low general intelligence.
- What is idiot in Hindi?
- Idiot in Hindi is मूर्ख (mūrkh), बुद्धू (buddhū), उल्लू (ullū). See Idiot meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is idiot?
- Idiot can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce idiot?
- Idiot is pronounced /ˈɪdiət/ (UK).
- What is the plural of idiot?
- The plural of idiot is idiots.
Words near idiot in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: idiot (page history and authors); IDiot (page history and authors); idiot (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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