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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 1 vote

  1. dunce

    Synonyms:
    fool, idiot, idler, ignoramus, illiterate person

    Antonyms:
    disciple, learner, pupil, savant, scholar, student

Princeton's WordNet4.5 / 2 votes

  1. dunce, dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead, lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, muttonhead, shithead, dumbass, fuckheadnoun

    a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence

    Synonyms:
    loggerhead, knucklehead, dunderhead, bonehead, hammerhead, numskull, loggerhead turtle, shithead, dumbass, blockhead, muttonhead, hammerhead shark, lunkhead

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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. duncenoun

    Synonyms:
    dullard, dolt, numskull, witling, blockhead, coot, lackbrain, ninny, oaf, nincompoop, mooncalf, ignoramus, booby, simpleton

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "dunce":

    twat, moron, putz

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#7585fool
#10551idiot
#23416twat
#26048moron
#45002dumbass
#47936idler
#48410hammerhead
#69951blockhead
#73525loggerhead
#90068bonehead
#91044putz
#93019dunce
#104835knucklehead
#136321ignoramus
#152181shithead

How to use dunce in a sentence?

  1. Lisa Haisha:

    The Joker is a powerful archetype: They are the jester, the dunce, the trickster, and the shape-shifter.


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    They are inappropriate they say cuss words
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