Synonyms for loggerhead
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Noun
1. Hammerhead — A stupid person; a blockhead, a dolt
block head, hammerhead, bone head, dumb-ass, dumbarse UK, dunce, simpleton informal, lunkhead informal, numbskull UK, numskull US, dolt, thickhead, shithead vulgar slang, shathead UK, shitehead UK, knucklehead slang, dunderhead dated, muttonhead slang UK, fuckhead vulgar
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Definitions
- n. 1
A stupid person; a blockhead, a dolt.
Related words
- Word family
- loggerheaded
- Phrases
- loggerhead turtle loggerhead sea turtle
Forms
- Plural
- loggerheads → hammerheads, dumb-asses, dunces, simpletons…
Example sentences
- hammerhead The great hammerhead is a type of shark.
- numbskull Even a numbskull can hit a good idea now and then.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| loggerhead | rising | |
| hammerhead | rising | |
| numbskull | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- dolt
- 5 letters
- dunce
- 8 letters
- shithead2, fuckhead, numskull, lunkhead, dumbarse, shathead
- 9 letters
- simpleton, numbskull, thickhead2, shitehead
- 10 letters
- hammerhead, dunderhead, muttonhead
- 11 letters
- knucklehead
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (shithead2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- caouanne