as in idiot
a stupid person
people knew that he was a deadhead and voted for him anyway
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Recent Examples of deadhead
This was Dead country, with cover bands constantly playing and Phish, founded by another UVM deadhead out of the college town of Burlington, coming up through the local scene.
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
Feed them a few times a growing season and deadhead spent blooms to keep the flowers coming until the first frost.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
As Deadheads and pretty much everyone in the world of the Dead agrees, 1995 wasn’t a banner year for the band.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2025
Provide staking in windy areas and deadhead spent blooms for a second flush.
—Lauren Dunec Hoang, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2025
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
Feed them a few times a growing season and deadhead spent blooms to keep the flowers coming until the first frost.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
As Deadheads and pretty much everyone in the world of the Dead agrees, 1995 wasn’t a banner year for the band.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2025
Provide staking in windy areas and deadhead spent blooms for a second flush.
—Lauren Dunec Hoang, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deadhead
Noun
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Overwhelmingly, though, the most common response was to seek confirmation of their suspicions that Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were morons.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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There are worse things than watching Black, Rudd, and Zahn play three gormless morons on a mid-life misadventure, but almost every scene and setpiece is constructed with a haphazardness that blunders away their charm.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
23 Dec. 2025
Noun
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And then, the rest of her life, filled with big stupids and everything else, will begin.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
19 Nov. 2025
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So, the parallel thing that I’ve been frustrated by recently is not just calling Trump stupid, but calling Trump voters stupid.—
Drew Broussard
May 22,
Literary Hub,
22 May 2025
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“Deadhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deadhead. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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