Synonyms
- airhead
- birdbrain
- 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
- knucklehead
- 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 blockhead in a Sentence
Don't be such a blockhead!
only a real blockhead would think that she had literally said it a million times
Recent Examples on the Web
Burn After Reading delivers Brad Pitt in rare form: a bumbling blockhead who loves berry blast smoothies and sports an iPod strapped to his arm.
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Derek Scancarelli, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2023
My annual Worst Biopharma CEO list is typically populated with blockheads and scoundrels.
—Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 19 Dec. 2023
Instead, it should be interpreted as a sign that Tuberville is a blockhead.
—Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2023
And now this blockhead wants to tell her what’s funner?
—Annalee Newitz, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
Maybe Dorsey is a blockhead in more than just title.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 30 Mar. 2023
Apparently, AppleTV+ is no blockhead.
—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 18 Nov. 2020
It was coined in the 16th century, around the same time and along the same lines as blockhead.
—Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2023
Breen’s partner, the strongwoman Lynne, also came out in an apron and workout clothes, as did Hexli, the belly dancer, and Moore, the human blockhead.
—David Hill, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022
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Derek Scancarelli, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2023
My annual Worst Biopharma CEO list is typically populated with blockheads and scoundrels.
—Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 19 Dec. 2023
Instead, it should be interpreted as a sign that Tuberville is a blockhead.
—Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2023
And now this blockhead wants to tell her what’s funner?
—Annalee Newitz, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
Maybe Dorsey is a blockhead in more than just title.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 30 Mar. 2023
Apparently, AppleTV+ is no blockhead.
—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 18 Nov. 2020
It was coined in the 16th century, around the same time and along the same lines as blockhead.
—Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2023
Breen’s partner, the strongwoman Lynne, also came out in an apron and workout clothes, as did Hexli, the belly dancer, and Moore, the human blockhead.
—David Hill, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022
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“Blockhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blockhead. Accessed 20 Dec. 2024.
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blockhead
noun
block·head
-ˌhed 
: a stupid person
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