as in idiot
a stupid person
people knew that he was a deadhead and voted for him anyway
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Recent Examples of deadhead
Their fans, known as Deadheads, would tour along from city to city and revel in the constantly changing set lists, extended soloing and improvisational jamming that gave each show a unique flavor.
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Adam Levine, CNN Money, 11 Jan. 2026
The band would survive long past the hippie moment of its birth, with its ultra-devoted fans known as Deadheads often following them on the road in a virtually non-stop tour that persisted despite decades of music and culture shifting around them.
—Andrew Dalton, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2026
This was Dead country, with cover bands constantly playing and Phish, founded by another UVM deadhead out of the college town of Burlington, coming up through the local scene.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
Veteran Deadheads roamed the edges of the crowd handing out homemade stickers and swapping stories.
—Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Aug. 2025
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Adam Levine, CNN Money, 11 Jan. 2026
The band would survive long past the hippie moment of its birth, with its ultra-devoted fans known as Deadheads often following them on the road in a virtually non-stop tour that persisted despite decades of music and culture shifting around them.
—Andrew Dalton, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2026
This was Dead country, with cover bands constantly playing and Phish, founded by another UVM deadhead out of the college town of Burlington, coming up through the local scene.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
Veteran Deadheads roamed the edges of the crowd handing out homemade stickers and swapping stories.
—Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deadhead
Noun
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Lluís then calls Puig Antich a moron.—
Colm Tóibín,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2026
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This drunk moron — quite different from his character in the novel — bears a ton of blame.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The scale of the headloss was best summed up by Luis Suarez attempting to reason with Messi, before the Argentine did anything on the Suarez scale of stupid.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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But the new parking fees at Balboa Park are a whole new level of stupid.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Deadhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deadhead. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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