CHOWDERHEADED Synonyms: 127 Similar and Opposite Words

chowderheaded

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Adjective

Slickwater uses a mix of water, sand, and thin, friction-reducing chemicals rather than thicker gels to shatter dense shale rock deep underground and free the gas.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
Tortoises routinely seek shade under dense bushes, vanish into mangroves, or shelter from the scorching equatorial sun.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of dense

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Wow, the brown Democratic candidate calling the white Republican candidate a dumb immigrant — California politics sure have changed!

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
His current employer is Damien Cantor, an authentically sleazy and slippery character who operates under no discernible code beyond indulging a dumb, preening narcissism.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of dumb

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Some people in the White House treated Jackie as a cipher, ignorant of almost everything happening.

— Laurence Leamer, Vanity Fair, 14 Oct. 2026
And in a world increasingly populated by people who are absolutely certain that everyone who disagrees with them is either ignorant or immoral, our universities could use considerably more of all three.

— Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of ignorant

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With just six 30-minute episodes per season (by design), some of these idiotic run-on stories inevitably hit the cutting room floor.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
To Tommy, Anna and Molly are twittering encumbrances, idiotic in their insistence on good works and the good of man, their endless remorseful hedgings about the Communist Party.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of idiotic

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On winding roads, its model-specific suspension tuning and focus on weight reduction translate into exceptional body control at speed without becoming brittle or overly rigid in slower, more technical sections.

— Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026
In particular, he was asked about Netflix’s slower growth (2% year-over-year growth in user engagement during the first half in 2026).

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of slow

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But Russians have long been accustomed to living with unanswered questions and opaque governance.

— Zahra Ullah, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
Advertisement Researchers who work in public-health policy and infectious diseases have been watching this rapidly evolving and opaque situation with concern.

— Veronique Greenwood, Time, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of opaque

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Or maybe he was lured into his thoughtless comments because of the jocularity inside that room full of reporters.

— Candace Buckner, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
At the outset of this chatty novel, the protagonist, Caroline, who was recently ghosted by a thoughtless man, has had a story published in this magazine.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of thoughtless

Adjective

Ginger shares some of Lee’s strangeness and impulsivity and is undeniably attracted to him for it, but she’s anchored in reality where Lee is not, constantly calling him out on all of his worst ideas and most clueless decisions.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
Yet many Floridians are clueless about how to cast an informed vote.

— Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of clueless

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