doofus

Questions about doofus

What does doofus mean?

doofus means "a stupid incompetent person".

How many syllables are in doofus?

doofus has 2 syllables and divides as doo-fus under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for doofus?

Close synonyms include dimwit, nitwit, half-wit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is doofus a common word?

doofus is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.