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Showing words for DUNCE using the English dictionary

5 Letter Words for Dunce

dunce

4 Letter Words for Dunce

cued, cund, duce, dune, educ, nude, unce, unde

3 Letter Words for Dunce

cen, cud, cue, cun, dec, den, duc, due, dun, ecu, enc, end, ned, unc

Definitions for Dunce

[1] a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt.
[2] a person who is stupid or slow to learn

Words related to Dunce

ass, donkey, twit, blockhead, pinhead, lightweight, nerd, dolt, bonehead, oaf, half-wit, idiot, nitwit, buffoon, moron, nincompoop, fool, goof, jerk, dullard

Words nearby Dunce

duncan i, duncan phyfe, duncan smith, duncan, isadora, duncanville, dunce, dunce cap, dunciad, the, dundalk, dundas, dundee

Origin of Dunce

1520–30; after John Duns Scotus, whose writings were attacked by the humanists as foolish

Other words from Dunce

dun·ci·cal , dunc·ish , adjective
dunc·ish·ly , adverb

Word origin for Dunce

C16: from Dunses or Dunsmen, term of ridicule applied to the followers of John Duns Scotus , especially by 16th-century humanists

Synonyms for Dunce

ass, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, buffoon, dimwit, dolt, donkey, dope, dork, drip, dullard, dunderhead, fool, goof, half-wit, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, jerk, knucklehead, lightweight, moron, nerd, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, numskull, oaf, pinhead, scatterbrain, schnook, simpleton, twit, goof ball, lame-brain