stupid

/ˈstupɪd/
adjectivenoun

Without intelligence.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Adjective 2 meanings

  1. Without intelligence.

    “It got trapped in the fishing net because it's a big stupid jellyfish!”

  2. To the point of stupor.

    “Neurobiology bores me stupid.”

Noun 2 meanings

  1. A stupid person; a fool.

  2. The condition or state of being stupid; stupidity, stupidness.

    “His stupid knows no bounds.”

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle French stupide, from Latin stupidus (“struck senseless, amazed”), from stupeō (“be amazed or confounded, be struck senseless”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tup-, *(s)tewp- (“to push, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”).

Similar and opposite words

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daftineptaddlebrainedaddlepatedairheadedsoftbeefheadedbirdbrained
Opposite
intelligentnonstupid

STUPID at a glance

STUPID has 6 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (S 1 + T 1 + U 1 + P 3 + I 1 + D 2) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,198 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

Rhymes with stupid

All rhymes
  • RAPID8
  • LIPID8
  • CUPID10
  • INTREPID11
  • TEPID8
  • INSIPID10
  • VAPID11
  • PHOSPHOLIPID25
  • TRICUSPID14
  • LIMPID11
  • BICUSPID15
  • TORPID9

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  • STUPED9

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