numskull

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: num=skull

CIDE DICTIONARY

numskull, n. [Numb + skull.].

 A dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow.  [1913 Webster]
"They have talked like numskulls."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

numskull, n. (also numbskull) a stupid or foolish person.

Etymology

NUMB + SKULL

THESAURUS

numskull

addlebrain, addlehead, addlepate, beefhead, blockhead, blubberhead, blunderhead, bonehead, bufflehead, cabbagehead, chowderhead, chucklehead, clodhead, clodpate, clodpoll, dolthead, dullhead, dumbhead, dunderhead, dunderpate, fathead, jolterhead, jughead, knucklehead, lunkhead, meathead, muddlehead, mushhead, muttonhead, noodlehead, peabrain, pinbrain, pinhead, puddinghead, pumpkin head, puzzlehead, stupidhead, thickhead, thickskull, tottyhead

ROGET THESAURUS

numskull

Ignoramus

N ignoramus, dunce, wooden spoon, no scholar, (imbecility) 499 (folly) 501 moron, imbecile, idiot, fool, jerk, nincompoop, asshole, dilettante, sciolist, smatterer, dabbler, half scholar, charlatan, wiseacre, greenhorn, amateur, novice, tyro, numskull, lubber, fool, pedant, bookless, shallow, ignorant, a wit with dunces and a dunce with wits.