Synonyms for meathead
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
2. Muscle head
Other
crayon eater, lunkhead informal, thickhead, musclebrain US, meatbrain, pea brain
Definitions
- n. 1
A large, muscular, stupid man, especially an athlete.
Gary was a hulking meathead who, when he wasn't playing football, was either hunting, fishing or getting drunk and rowdy in some topless bar.
- n. 2
An ungainly, dull, or stupid person; someone who is lazy, disrespectful, and/or whose beliefs and philosophies clash with those of another.
Forms
- Plural
- meatheads → jocks, brutes, pin-heads, lunkheads…
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| meathead | steady | |
| thickhead | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- jock1
- 5 letters
- brute1
- 8 letters
- lunkhead
- 9 letters
- thickhead2, meatbrain
- 11 letters
- musclebrain
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (thickhead2 = 2 syllables).