hardhead

noun

hard·​head ˈhärd-ˌhed 

1

a

: a hardheaded person

b

: blockhead

2

plural hardheads also hardhead : any of several fishes especially with a spiny or bony head

especially : atlantic croaker

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
• 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 hardhead in a Sentence

a hardhead who has to learn every life lesson the hard way

Recent Examples on the Web

Her husband, something of a hardhead, would certainly listen to this guy. —New York Times, 28 July 2021

Beijing’s hardheads know the coronavirus has compounded the damage to China’s economy from earlier domestic policy settings hostile to the private sector, and from the trade war with America. —The Economist, 15 Apr. 2020

And there might have been a hardhead or two landed as well. —Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2018

Cops are empiricist hardheads prone to mystical hunch. —James Ellroy, Vanities, 7 Oct. 2017

Mark your calendars, HARDheads, and check the teaser trailer below. —Kat Bein, Billboard, 9 June 2017

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a