Definition
One qualified to handle or understand things which are very complex or confusing; a very intelligent person.
Origins
From rocket + scientist.
In Context
- "You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to see that that idea won’t work."
- ""OK," you say, "I understand that definition and although I'm not a rocket scientist, it appears to make sense. What else is there? I just want a couple of F-16s to go along with my AEGIS Destroyers and Abrams Tanks. Push the button and send the planes.""
- "While visiting another province, I remarked that I thought a particular cabinet minister was not exactly a rocket scientist. The reply from a fellow cabinet minister in that province was, 'Yes, I agree. A is not a rocket scientist. But I'm sorry to say that about 25 per cent of the people in this province are decidedly not rocket scientists, and they deserve representation, too.' And that story is only half in jest."
- "[Sandra] Witelson delved into her collection and retrieved the brains of contributors who were both mentally and physically healthy, with IQs from 107 to 125. No dunces here, but no rocket scientists either."
- "It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that as a culture we are obsessed with almost every aspect of technology."
- "But then, in my experience, there are no rocket scientists on the NYPD."
Also Said As
- brain surgeon
- Einstein
- genius
- rocket surgeon
- brain
- brain surgeon
- brainbox
- brainiac
- deep thinker
- Einstein
- egghead
- genius
- intellectual
- mind
- rocket scientist
- superbrain
- thinker
- boffin
- brain
- brainiac
- bright spark
- egghead
- geek
- nerd
- Poindexter
- poindexter
- propeller head
- shrewd article
- smart cookie
- supernerd
- whiz
Opposite In Meaning
- addle-brain
- addlehead
- addle pate
- airhead
- baboon
- beanbrain
- beetlebrain
- beetlehead
- berk
- bimbo
- birdbrain
- blockhead
- blubberbrain
- bonehead
- Boeotian
- boob
- bozo
- brainlet
- brickhead
- bubblehead
- bubble brain
- bufflehead
- buffoon
- Charlie
- chowderhead
- chucklehead
- chump
- cittern-head
- clod
- clodpate
- clot
- clown
- crackhead
- cretin
- cuckoo
- deadhead
- dimbo
- dim bulb
- dimbus
- dimwit
- dingbat
- ding dong
- dingleberry
- dingwad
- dip
- dipstick
- doldrum
- dolt
- donut
- doodle
- doof
- doofoid
- doofus
- dope
- dork
- drivel
- drongo
- drool bucket
- dullard
- dumb bunny
- dumbbell
- dumb cluck
- dumbhead
- dumble
- dumbling
- dumbnut
- dumbo
- dummkopf
- dummy
- dunce
- dunderhead
- dunderpate
- eejit
- fathead
- featherbrain
- fenderhead
- fleabrain
- fool
- fopdoodle
- galoot
- gimboid
- gomer
- gonk
- goober
- goof
- goofball
- goofy
- goon
- goose
- goosecap
- gorbuson
- gudgeon
- halfwit
- ha'porth
- hammerhead
- idiot
- ignoramus
- imbecile
- inbred
- jackaninny
- jellybrain
- jerk
- juggins
- jughead
- knothead
- knucklehead
- lackwit
- lamebrain
- log
- loggerhead
- lummox
- lunk
- lunkhead
- maroon
- meatball
- meathead
- mental midget
- mome
- momo
- mongoloid
- mongtard
- monkey
- moron
- mouth breather
- muggins
- mushhead
- muttonhead
- mutt
- nimrod
- nincompoop
- ninny
- ninnyhammer
- nit
- nitwit
- noddy
- noodlehead
- numbskull
- oaf
- peabrain
- peagoose
- pillock
- pigwidgeon
- pinhead
- plank
- plonker
- prat
- put
- putz
- retard
- sap
- saphead
- schmo
- silly
- simp
- simpleton
- snapperhead
- sot
- space cadet
- spanner
- stupe
- stupid
- stupid-head
- tard
- thickhead
- thickskull
- thicko
- tomfool
- tonto
- toolbox
- tosspot
- turkey
- twit
- wally
- wantwit
- wazzer
- wazzock
- witless wonder
- yo-yo
- zany
- Vulgar:
- ass
- assclown
- asshat
- asshead
- asstard
- asswipe
- buttbreath
- dildo
- dipshit
- donkey dick
- Alternative spelling of dumbass.
- dumbfuck
- dumbfucker
- dumbshit
- farthead
- fuck-knuckle
- fucktard
- fuckwit
- jackass
- peckerhead
- shitbrain
- shithead
- shitneck
- shitwit
- twat