The meaning of IDIOT is a foolish or stupid person. How to use idiot in a sentence.

An idiot, in modern use, is a stupid or foolish person. 'Idiot' was formerly a technical term in legal and psychiatric contexts for some kinds of profound intellectual disability where the mental age is two years or less, and the person cannot guard themself against common physical dangers.

An idiot is someone who does foolish things. If you take your little brother's dinosaur lunchbox to school instead of your own brown-bag lunch, you might feel like an idiot. But don't be too hard on yourself — we all make mistakes.

IDIOT definition: 1. a stupid person or someone who is behaving in a stupid way: 2. a stupid person or someone who…. Learn more.

Psychology. (no longer in technical use; considered offensive) a person of the lowest order in a former and discarded classification of intellectual disability, having a mental age of less than …

Definition of idiot noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. (informal) a rude way to refer to somebody who you think is very stupid synonym fool. When I lost my passport, I felt such an idiot. What idiot pressed the switch? He's made a complete idiot of himself over this woman!

IDIOT meaning: 1. a stupid person or someone who is behaving in a stupid way: 2. stupid behaviour 3. stupid: . Learn more.

If you call someone an idiot, you mean that they are very stupid. I was an idiot to stay there.