boneheadnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbəʊn.hed/us/ˈboʊn.hed/slanga stupid person
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stupid and silly people
- a right one idiom
- airhead
- asshole
- berk
- birdbrain
- doofus
- dork
- duffer
- dullard
- dummy
- muggins
- muppet
- mutt
- need
- need your head examined idiom
- simpleton
- stupid
- thicko
- tosser
- turkey
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Examples from literature
- Not in your lessons—for you were a bonehead—but for deportment you were the class!
- Probably I've told one or two fairy stories in my time, when the occasion called for it—you know: sometimes you have to lay things on thick, to impress boneheads.
Examples from literature
- Not in your lessons—for you were a bonehead—but for deportment you were the class!
- Probably I've told one or two fairy stories in my time, when the occasion called for it—you know: sometimes you have to lay things on thick, to impress boneheads.
boneheadadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈbəʊn.hed/us/ˈboʊn.hed/slangvery stupid:
That was some bonehead behaviour.