Meaning

2 senses

  1. (slang)Someone who is thick-skulled, stupid, or stubborn.

    Near-synonyms: thickhead, numskull; see also Thesaurus:fool, Thesaurus:idiot

  2. (slang)A member of a neo-Nazi, white supremacist, and antisemitic offshoot of the skinhead subculture.

More definitions
  • a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Tom is a bonehead.

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  2. That person is a bonehead, right?

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  3. He's a bonehead.

    deEr ist ein Holzkopf.

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Origin

From bone + head.

From bone + head.

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Forms

plural: boneheads

Synonyms

263 synonyms
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Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedboneheaded

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
boneA1bonerbonfirebong
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