idiot: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 6 letter points · starts with I · ends with T
Meaning of idiot
noun
- derogatory
A person of low general intelligence.
Example: Only an idiot would fail this exam.
- derogatory
A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool.
Example: He thought people who don't like cricket are idiots. He later got into fights with people who like football.
- obsolete
A person of the lowest intellectual standing, a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old; a person with an IQ below 30.
Listed forms: idiots, idjit, idget, eejit.
Source: Wiktionary — idiot.
adj
- uncommon
Idiotic, stupid.
Listed forms: idjit, idget, eejit.
Source: Wiktionary — idiot.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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noun
a person of subnormal intelligence
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is idiot in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of idiot
I(1) + D(2) + I(1) + O(1) + T(1) = 6 points.
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Anagrams of idiot
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Shorter words from idiot
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