Synonym Study

• Retarded is applied to those behind others of the same age or class because of mental deficiency a retarded pupil
• Slow suggests that the quickness to learn, but not necessarily the capacity for learning, is below average a pupil slow in most studies
• Dense suggests obtuseness, or an irritating failure to understand quickly or to react intelligently too dense to take a hint
• Dull implies a mental sluggishness that may be constitutional or may result from fatigue, disease, etc. the fever left me dull and listless
• Stupid implies a lack of intelligence or an incapacity for perceiving or learning such as might be shown by one in a mental stupor a stupid idea