as in morons
a stupid person
only an idiot would invest in a company just because a casual acquaintance recommended it
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Recent Examples of idiots
Can't believe that after 10 years of us basing our most damning investigations on cell phone data, these idiots are still doing it.
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Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
That's the deterrent for the idiots.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Nov. 2025
But most Germans would associate Herculean feats of beer lifting with the iconic image of the Oktoberfest barmaid carrying an armload of Masskrüge through a crowd of drunken idiots.
—Martin Fritz Huber, Outside, 6 Nov. 2025
Noah's sister-in-law Esther (Jackie Tohn), the Jewish character portrayed most insultingly last year, has thankfully been softened and refined, and has somehow become the lone voice of reason amongst a group of immature idiots.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
To be funny while playing a character who’s sweet and endearing (even when calling his friends idiots) is a skill, and Bad Bunny has it.
—Rima Parikh, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2025
For a bunch of idiots, this did not work out too badly.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Anyone that votes for those people are absolute idiots.
—Gerardo Zavala, NPR, 20 Sep. 2025
Because some of them act like complete idiots, but Wendy is constantly outsmarting everyone.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for idiots
Noun
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Overwhelmingly, though, the most common response was to seek confirmation of their suspicions that Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were morons.—
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There are worse things than watching Black, Rudd, and Zahn play three gormless morons on a mid-life misadventure, but almost every scene and setpiece is constructed with a haphazardness that blunders away their charm.—
Noun
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The lunatics who attacked the seat of government to try to change the outcome of a free and fair election are not patriots.—
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Parents know these woke lunatics are bullies.—
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“Idiots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idiots. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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