noun
- a person who is not very intelligent; a stupid person
Usage: informal
Examples
- Don’t be such a dimwit—the answer is obvious.
- He felt like a dimwit for forgetting his own birthday.
- The movie portrayed the villain as a complete dimwit.
- She called her brother a dimwit after he locked himself out again.
- Only a dimwit would try to fix electrical wiring without turning off the power.
- The teacher was patient even with the class dimwit.