Usually means: Lacking intelligence; foolish or stupid.
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  1. numskull: Merriam-Webster
  2. numskull: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. numskull: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. numskull: Collins English Dictionary
  5. numskull: Vocabulary.com
  6. numskull: Wordnik
  7. numskull: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. numskull: Wiktionary
  9. numskull: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. numskull (numbskull): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. numskull: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Numskull, numskull: Dictionary.com
  13. numskull: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Numskull: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Numskull: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. numskull: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. numskull: Rhymezone
  18. Numskull: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. numskull: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. numskull: FreeDictionary.org
  21. numskull: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. numskull: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (derogatory) A dunce, mentally dull or stupid person.
▸ noun:  (derogatory) A person who refuses to learn or grow mentally.

Similar:
bonehead, dunce, loggerhead, dunderhead, blockhead, lunkhead, knucklehead, muttonhead, shithead, hammerhead, more...

Opposite:
genius, intelligent, brainiac

Types:
idiot, imbecile, moron, dolt, cretin, simpleton, fool, blockhead, more...

Adjectives:
old, such, great, own, dullest, little, derndest, modern, poor, heaving, average
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Similar:
bonehead, dunce, loggerhead, dunderhead, blockhead, lunkhead, knucklehead, muttonhead, shithead, hammerhead, more...

Opposite:
genius, intelligent, brainiac

Types:
idiot, imbecile, moron, dolt, cretin, simpleton, fool, blockhead, more...

Adjectives:
old, such, great, own, dullest, little, derndest, modern, poor, heaving, average



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