mentally challenged
mentally challenged adjective: having low intelligence.
Adjective
mentally challenged (comparative more mentally challenged, superlative most mentally challenged)
- Having low intelligence.
- Having a mental illness.
Synonyms of mentally challenged
- intellectually disabled
- mentally retarded
- addlebrained
- addlepated
- airheaded
- bee-brained
- beef-witted
- soft
- beefheaded
- beetle-headed
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- birdbrained
- blockheaded
- Boeotian
- boneheaded
- boofheaded
- braindead
- brainless
- bubbleheaded
- buffle-headed
- bullet-headed
- cerebrally challenged
- childish
- chowderheaded
- chuckleheaded
- crackbrained
- cretinous
- daft
- dense
- dented
- dim-bulb
- dim-headed
- dim-witted
- dim
- doltish
- dopey
- dozy
- drowsy
- dull-headed
- dull-minded
- dull-witted
Forms of mentally challenged
| comparative | more mentally challenged |
|---|---|
| superlative | most mentally challenged |
Words formed from mentally challenged
Questions about mentally challenged
- What does mentally challenged mean?
- Mentally challenged means having low intelligence.
- What part of speech is mentally challenged?
- Mentally challenged is an adjective.
Words near mentally challenged in the dictionary
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