Synonyms of stolid
120 similar words
Another word for stolid is clinical. Other synonyms of stolid are sheep-headed, bullet-headed, dispassionate, hammer-headed and dull.
Synonyms and similar words for stolid
adjectiveHaving or revealing little emotion or sensibility.
- cold-heartedWithout sympathy, feeling or compassion; callous or heartless.
- unfeelingWithout emotion or sympathy.
- phlegmatic
- alexithymic
- apathisticalApathetic; unemotional.
- clinicalCool and emotionless, in a professional way, as contrasted with an impetuous or unprofessional way.
- dullNot bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding.
- cold-bloodedLacking emotion or compunction.
- dead insideUnable to feel any emotions, especially as a symptom of depression.
- dispassionateNot showing, and not affected by, emotion, bias, or prejudice.
- emotionlessLacking emotion.
- immovableNot capable of being affected or moved in feeling: impassive.
- impassibleUnable to feel emotion; impassive.
- impassiveHaving, or revealing, no emotion.
- insensibleIncapable of emotional feeling; callous; apathetic.
- nonemotionalNot emotional; unrelated to emotion.
- nonfeelingThat does not feel.
- nonpassionateNot passionate.
- nonsentimentalNot sentimental.
- unemotionalShowing little or no feeling.
- unmovableIncapable of being emotionally moved or persuaded.
- unpassionateNot passionate.
- unsentimentalNot sentimental.
adjectiveDully or heavily stupid.
- slow-wittedLacking a keen or swift intellect, not too bright or not too swift.
- thickheadedStupid, obtuse or dumb.
- addlebrainedSynonym of addlepated.
- addlepatedAddled; confused; stupid; flustered.
- airheaded
- bee-brainedExtremely stupid.
- beef-wittedStupid; dull.
- soft informal
- beefheadedStupid; dull-witted.
- beetle-headedMentally dull; stupid.
- birdbrainedSilly and frivolous; empty-headed.
- blockheadedResembling a blockhead; stupid.
- Boeotian
- boneheadedResembling or characteristic of a bonehead.
- boofheadedStupid; dimwitted.
- braindead
- brainlessUnintelligent, with little common sense.
- bubbleheadedStupid; vacuous.
- buffle-headedDull; stupid; blundering.
- bullet-headedStubborn and stupid.
- cerebrally challengedOf low intelligence; stupid.
- childish
- chowderheadedStupid; foolish; lacking in common sense.
- chuckleheadedStupid, idiotic.
- crackbrainedIdiotic.
- cretinousCharacteristic of a cretin; very stupid.
- daft
- denseSlow to comprehend; of low intelligence. (of a person).
- dentedExtremely stupid.
- dim-bulbSlow-witted, stupid.
- dim-headedSynonym of dim-witted.
- dim-wittedBeing a dimwit; stupid; foolish; simple.
- dimNot smart or intelligent.
- doltishLike a dolt; dull in intellect; stupid.
- dopeyStupid, silly.
- dozyIntellectually slow.
- drowsyDull; stupid.
- dull-headedSynonym of dull-witted.
- dull-mindedDim-witted, stupid, unintelligent.
- dull-wittedHaving a dull, blunt wit or mind; unintelligent.
- dumber than a box of rocksVery stupid.
- dumbStupid.
- dunderheadedStupid, foolish.
- empty-headedUnintelligent.
- fatheadedCharacteristic of a fathead; stupid.
- feeble-mindedWeak in intellectual power; lacking firmness or constancy; lacking intelligence.
- flea-brainedIdiotic.
- foolish
- fuzzy-headed
- fuzzy-mindedSynonym of fuzzy-headed: characterized by vague or confused thinking, dull-witted.
- goofy
- half-brainedExhibiting low intelligence, as if having only half a brain.
- half-wittedHaving low intelligence.
- hammer-headedStupid, ignorant.
- idiotic
- ignorant
- imbecilicLike or as an imbecile; so senseless as to be laughable; absurd, foolish, stupid, idiotic.
- inane
- insipid
- intellectually challengedOf low intelligence; stupid.
- knuckleheadedStupid or inept, like a knucklehead.
- lamebrainedFoolish; stupid.
- lowbrowUnsophisticated, not intended for an audience of intelligence, education or culture.
- lumpishDull and slow in acting, thinking, etc.; without energy; cloddish, lethargic, slow-witted, sluggish.
- lunkheadedObtuse; foolish; idiotic.
- mentally challengedHaving low intelligence.
- mentally retarded offensiveIntellectually disabled, medically defined as having an IQ (intelligence quotient) below 70 in addition to deficits in...
- mindless
- monosynaptic
- moronic
- muttonheadedBeing a muttonhead; stupid or foolish.
- nitwittedBeing like a nitwit; being foolish or stupid.
- numbskulledStupid.
- oafishCharacteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid.
- obtuse
- peabrainedStupid; moronic.
- prattyStupid, silly.
- pudding-headedStupid.
- puerile
- purblind literaryOf a person: lacking in discernment or understanding; dim-witted, unintelligent.
- quarter-wittedHaving or displaying half the mental capacity of a half-wit.
- retarded offensive
- ridiculous
- rockheadedBoneheaded, stupid.
- sharp as a bowling ballNot at all sharp-witted; very stupid.
- sheep-headedSilly; simple-minded; stupid.
- silly
- simpleFeeble-minded; foolish.
- slow
- slow on the uptakeOf a person, slow to comprehend or process intellectually.
- smooth-brainedStupid, foolish; ignorant.
- stupid
- thick-skulledSynonym of thickheaded.
- thickwittedStupid, dim-witted.
- thickStupid.
- unapprehensive
- uncleverNot clever.
Meaning of stolid
- adjective Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility.
- adjective Dully or heavily stupid.
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Questions about synonyms of stolid
- What is another word for stolid?
- Stolid has 120 synonyms on Word.ws, such as clinical, sheep-headed, bullet-headed, dispassionate, hammer-headed, dull, unemotional and impassive.
- What does stolid mean?
- Stolid means having or revealing little emotion or sensibility.
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