dolt

/doʊlt/

a stupid person

dolt in a sentence

“He felt like a dolt for missing the obvious answer.”

Probably from obsolete dold stupid related to Old English dol foolish

Related Words

dunce

a person who is slow at learning

folly

lack of good sense; foolishness

ignoramus

an ignorant or stupid person

luddite

a person opposed to new technology or ways of working

obtuse

annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand

naive

showing lack of experience or judgment