Synonyms
- airhead
- birdbrain
- blockhead
- bonehead
- bubblehead
- chowderhead
- chucklehead
- clodpoll
- clodpole
- clot [British]
- cluck
- clunk
- cretin
- cuddy [British dialect]
- cuddie
- deadhead
- dim bulb [slang]
- dimwit
- dip
- dodo
- dolt
- donkey
- doofus [slang]
- dope
- dork [slang]
- dullard
- dum-dum
- dumbbell
- dumbhead
- dummkopf
- dummy
- dunce
- dunderhead
- fathead
- gander
- golem
- goof
- goon
- half-wit
- hammerhead
- hardhead
- idiot
- ignoramus
- imbecile
- jackass
- know-nothing
- lamebrain
- loggerhead [chiefly dialect]
- loon
- lump
- lunkhead
- meathead
- mome [archaic]
- moron
- mug [chiefly British]
- mutt
- natural
- nimrod [slang]
- nincompoop
- ninny
- ninnyhammer
- nit [chiefly British]
- nitwit
- noddy
- noodle
- numskull
- numbskull
- oaf
- pinhead
- prat [British]
- ratbag [chiefly Australian]
- saphead
- schlub [slang]
- shlub
- schnook [slang]
- simpleton
- stock
- stupe
- stupid
- thickhead
- turkey
- woodenhead
- yahoo
- yo-yo
Examples of knucklehead in a Sentence
Don't be such a knucklehead.
I'd like to get my hands on the knucklehead who designed that paper-towel dispenser.
Recent Examples on the Web
The collective bargaining agreement precludes using such levers to discipline a player for being a knucklehead on the field.
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Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2024
Green Bay’s No. 1 knucklehead continues to do questionable things.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Order had to be restored in the seventh inning as some knuckleheads with tickets pelted the field with balls, beers and basically anything that was nailed down.
—Jay Paris, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Rose, a musician and performer as well as a writer and director, has a heartfelt and skillful curiosity about how knucklehead siblings can both aggravate and accommodate each other in tough times.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2024
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Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2024
Green Bay’s No. 1 knucklehead continues to do questionable things.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Order had to be restored in the seventh inning as some knuckleheads with tickets pelted the field with balls, beers and basically anything that was nailed down.
—Jay Paris, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Rose, a musician and performer as well as a writer and director, has a heartfelt and skillful curiosity about how knucklehead siblings can both aggravate and accommodate each other in tough times.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2024
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“Knucklehead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knucklehead. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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