English noun: stupidity | |||
1. | stupidity (cognition) a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience | ||
Broader (hypernym) | inability | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | backwardness, craziness, denseness, dullness, dumbness, folly, foolishness, madness, mental retardation, obtuseness, retardation, slow-wittedness, slowness, subnormality, vacuousness | ||
Antonyms | intelligence | ||
2. | stupidity (act) a stupid mistake | ||
Synonyms | betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility | ||
Broader (hypernym) | error, fault, mistake | ||