Synonyms of airhead

airhead

noun

as in idiot

a stupid person

I felt like an airhead when I couldn't remember my new neighbor's name in trying to introduce him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• idiot
• moron
• stupid
• know-nothing
• dimwit
• dolt
• fool
• loser
• dullard
• dummy
• prat
• bubblehead
• imbecile
• lunkhead
• knucklehead
• ignoramus
• mutt
• dunce
• dunderhead
• simpleton
• blockhead
• bonehead
• doofus
• pinhead
• nitwit
• ninny
• donkey
• jackass
• chucklehead
• numskull
• hardhead
• cretin
• goof
• oaf
• meathead
• deadhead
• dork
• loon
• dummkopf
• jerk
• nincompoop
• schnook
• dumbhead
• nimrod
• stupe
• clunk
• dope
• dum-dum
• goon
• schlub
• noodle
• birdbrain
• half-wit
• golem
• yahoo
• fathead
• saphead
• chowderhead
• ratbag
• noddy
• hammerhead
• dodo
• ninnyhammer
• dumbbell
• dumb cluck
• cluck
• dip
• clown
• lamebrain
• turkey
• buffoon
• stock
• gander
• cuddy
• mome
• dim bulb
• loggerhead
• goose
• lump
• thickhead
• nit
• woodenhead
• loony
• villain
• clot
• booby
• clodpoll
• madman
• yo-yo
• skunk
• zany
• nut
• scatterbrain
• mug
• snake
• creep
• boor
• cad
• beast
• heel
• gawk
• featherbrain
• stinker
• cur
• churl

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brain
• genius
• intellect
• intellectual
• sage
• thinker
• whiz
• wizard
• polymath
• Renaissance man
• sharpie

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of airhead

Stereotypes about airheads in athleisure and ambitions of fame and fortune are each a form of fantasy. — Alison Herman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025

Her Ashley is the movie’s fourth and fifth wheel, dismissed as both a perfidious troublemaker and a New Age airhead—a life coach in need of a wife coach. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025

The seven Beach Party films feature airheads enjoying sandy weekend fun, no teachers or parents in sight—though an anthropologist on the sidelines scrutinizes youthful mating habits through a telescope. — Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 6 June 2025

Paired alongside Williams and Dunst’s airheads, Ferrell plays a nincompoop Bob Woodward, but the role doesn’t give him much of a chance to cut loose. — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025