Another word for slow-witted

Having only a limited ability to learn and understand

• backward

  1. Behind others in progress or development:
  2. Slow to apprehend; having difficulties in learning.
  3. Done or arranged in a manner or order that is opposite to previous occurrence or normal use.

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  1. Behind others in progress or development:
  2. Slow to apprehend; having difficulties in learning.
  3. Done or arranged in a manner or order that is opposite to previous occurrence or normal use.

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• dull

  1. Arousing little interest; lacking liveliness; boring:
  2. Mentally slow; stupid
  3. Not clear or resonant:

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  1. Arousing little interest; lacking liveliness; boring:
  2. Mentally slow; stupid
  3. Not clear or resonant:

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• simple

  1. Not pretentious, guileful, or deceitful; humble or sincere:
  2. Having little or no ornamentation; not embellished or adorned:
  3. Lowly in condition or rank:

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  1. Not pretentious, guileful, or deceitful; humble or sincere:
  2. Having little or no ornamentation; not embellished or adorned:
  3. Lowly in condition or rank:

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• simple-minded

  1. Lacking in subtlety or sophistication; artless or naive:
  2. Lacking subtlety or sophistication
  3. Stupid or silly; foolish.

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  1. Lacking in subtlety or sophistication; artless or naive:
  2. Lacking subtlety or sophistication
  3. Stupid or silly; foolish.

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• slow

  1. Holding back fast progress, development, etc.; making speed or progress difficult
  2. Allowing movement or action only at a low speed:
  3. Not moving or able to move quickly; proceeding at a low speed:

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  1. Holding back fast progress, development, etc.; making speed or progress difficult
  2. Allowing movement or action only at a low speed:
  3. Not moving or able to move quickly; proceeding at a low speed:

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• soft

  1. Not demanding or difficult; easy:
  2. Informal and entertaining without confronting difficult issues or hard facts:
  3. Not sharply drawn or delineated:

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  1. Not demanding or difficult; easy:
  2. Informal and entertaining without confronting difficult issues or hard facts:
  3. Not sharply drawn or delineated:

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• feeble-minded

  1. Exhibiting a marked lack of intelligent consideration and forethought:
  2. Deficient in intelligence. No longer in scientific use.

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  1. Exhibiting a marked lack of intelligent consideration and forethought:
  2. Deficient in intelligence. No longer in scientific use.

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• half-witted

  1. Having a low intelligence; dim-witted
  2. Alternative spelling of half-witted.

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  1. Having a low intelligence; dim-witted
  2. Alternative spelling of half-witted.

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• retarded

  1. Having or characteristic of mental retardation
  2. Slowed or delayed in development or progress, esp. because of mental retardation
  3. (Slang) Inept, ineffectual, pathetic, etc.

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  1. Having or characteristic of mental retardation
  2. Slowed or delayed in development or progress, esp. because of mental retardation
  3. (Slang) Inept, ineffectual, pathetic, etc.

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• weak-minded

  1. Foolish; silly.
  2. Showing weakness of resolve or thought
  3. Of less than normal intellect. Not in scientific use.

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  1. Foolish; silly.
  2. Showing weakness of resolve or thought
  3. Of less than normal intellect. Not in scientific use.

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