blockhead

noun

block·​head ˈbläk-ˌhed 

: a stupid person

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. —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

Word History

First Known Use

1532, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for blockhead

• abed
• ahead
• beachhead
• bedspread
• bedstead
• behead
• blackhead
• bloodshed
• bowhead
• breastfed
• bridgehead
• broadhead

Kids Definition

blockhead

noun

block·​head -ˌhed 

: a stupid person