Usually means: Slow to understand or learn.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word slow-witted:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. slow-witted: Merriam-Webster
  2. slow-witted: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. slow-witted: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. slow-witted, slow-witted: Collins English Dictionary
  5. slow-witted: Vocabulary.com
  6. slow-witted: Wordnik
  7. slow-witted: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. slow-witted: Wiktionary
  9. slow-witted: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. slow-witted: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. slow-witted: Dictionary.com
  12. Slow-witted: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. slow-witted: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. slow-witted: Rhymezone
  15. Slow-witted: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. slow-witted: FreeDictionary.org
  17. slow-witted: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. slow-witted: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slow-witted: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slow-witted: Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  Lacking a keen or swift intellect, not too bright or not too swift.

Similar:
feebleminded, half-witted, stupid, unintelligent, slowwitted, slow, dense, dull, slow on the uptake, obtuse, more...

Opposite:
quick-witted, sharp, intelligent, clever, astute

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Similar:
feebleminded, half-witted, stupid, unintelligent, slowwitted, slow, dense, dull, slow on the uptake, obtuse, more...

Opposite:
quick-witted, sharp, intelligent, clever, astute



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