Synonyms & related words for unintelligence

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of unintelligence — including witlessness, foolishness, fatuity, incompetence, ignorantness, incompetency. 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 unintelligence

Explore words related to unintelligence — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include intelligence, intelligential, unintelligent, superintelligence, smarts, stupidity, hyperintelligent, duncery. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for unintelligence

Common synonyms for unintelligence include witlessness, foolishness, fatuity, incompetence, ignorantness, incompetency, ineptness, unskillfulness — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does unintelligence come from?

The word unintelligence breaks down into 4 roots of Old English and Latin origin: un-, from Old English un (“not”); intel-, from Latin inter (“between”); lig, from Latin lego (“gather, choose”); and -ence, from Latin entia (“quality, state”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.