noun
- a person who acts in a foolish or stupid way
- a person with severe intellectual disability
Usage: informal; can be offensive
Usage: archaic; medical; now considered offensive
Examples
- Don’t be an idiot – wear your seatbelt!
- I felt like such an idiot when I locked my keys in the car.
- Only an idiot would try to fix electrical wiring without turning off the power.
- He called himself an idiot for forgetting his wallet at home.
- The movie portrayed the villain as a complete idiot who couldn’t do anything right.
- She realized she had been acting like an idiot and apologized.