Synonyms & related words for stupidity

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of stupidity — including foolishness, imbecility, folly, idiocy, duncery, desipience. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to stupidity

Explore words related to stupidity — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include insipience, stupidness, dunderheadedness, thickheadedness, moronity, insulsity, nincompoopery, ganderism. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for stupidity

Common synonyms for stupidity include foolishness, imbecility, folly, idiocy, duncery, desipience, asininity, fatuity — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does stupidity come from?

The word stupidity breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root stup-, from Latin stupeo (“be stunned”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.