noun a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt. OTHER WORDS FOR dunce dullard, numbskull, blockhead, ignoramus, simpleton, nincompoop, ninny. See synonyms for dunce on Thesaurus.com QUIZ There are grammar debates that never die; and the ones highlighted in the questions in this quiz are sure to rile everyone up once again.

Dunce is a mild insult in English meaning a person who is slow at learning or stupid. Is Dungeness A word? Dungeness is a headland on the coast of Kent, England , formed largely of a shingle beach in the form of a cuspate foreland. …