Synonyms of bonehead

bonehead 1 of 2

adjective

as in dumb

not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily

a bonehead decision to trade their best player

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dumb
• stupid
• slow
• simple
• thick
• foolish
• boneheaded
• ignorant
• idiotic
• dense
• dull
• doltish
• dopey
• unintelligent
• brain-dead
• obtuse
• brainless
• thickheaded
• mindless
• silly
• oafish
• fatuous
• witless
• vacuous
• irrational
• soft
• pinheaded
• unreasonable
• mad
• insane
• knuckleheaded
• lamebrain
• opaque
• dunderheaded
• dorky
• weak-minded
• senseless
• dim
• dim-witted
• crazy
• lunkheaded
• gormless
• bubbleheaded
• unsmart
• slow-witted
• airheaded
• thick-witted
• moronic
• half-witted
• softheaded
• chuckleheaded
• empty-headed
• birdbrained
• imbecile
• cretinous
• absurd
• fool
• uninformed
• feebleminded
• uneducated
• simpleminded
• unthinking
• lowbrow
• asinine
• illiterate
• cuckoo
• unintellectual
• loony
• daffy
• zany
• untaught
• dippy
• illogical
• wacky
• screwball
• nutty
• harebrained
• unwise
• preposterous
• daft
• nonsensical
• crackpot
• kooky
• cockeyed
• invalid
• sappy
• boobish
• fallacious
• dotty
• balmy
• half-baked
• tomfool
• featherheaded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• intelligent
• smart
• brilliant
• clever
• quick
• apt
• sharp
• thinking
• bright
• acute
• wise
• resourceful
• ingenious
• fast
• nimble
• astute
• savvy
• intellectual
• cerebral
• knowing
• keen
• perceptive
• brainy
• sagacious
• insightful
• sage
• skilled
• learned
• erudite
• knowledgeable
• ultrasmart
• discerning
• quick-witted
• supersmart
• informed
• hyperintelligent
• keen
• literate
• sharp-witted
• perspicacious
• scholarly
• cunning
• shrewd
• wily
• educated
• crafty
• trained
• reasonable
• sound
• sapient
• logical
• sensible
• judicious
• prudent
• rational
• highbrow
• valid
• sane
• percipient
• well-read
• foxy
• schooled

bonehead

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noun

ˈbōn-ˌhed 

as in idiot

a stupid person

the package's directions seem to suggest that anyone who would buy such a product is a bonehead

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bonehead

Adjective

Szturc late in the 2nd picked up a bonehead 10-minute misconduct for a mouthguard violation. —Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 30 Oct. 2022

Yours truly made the bonehead decision to fly to New York for Game 1 of that series the day after our post-marathon-bombing, shelter-in-place Friday. —BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2021

Noun

The giant-sized Inferno Deadwood Skeleton also has the signature blinking LCD eyes that make Home Depot's skeleton just a bit creepier than all the other boneheads on the block. —Clint Davis, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024

Just when they're getting used to being dead, the recently deceased Adam (Alec Baldwin) and Barbara (Geena Davis) find their home invaded by nouveau riche boneheads who want to market the house as a haunted tourist trap. —Danny Horn, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2023