Synonyms of loggerhead

loggerhead

noun

ˈlȯ-gər-ˌhed 

chiefly dialect

as in idiot

a stupid person

that loggerhead couldn't find the business end of a cow even if his life depended on it

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of loggerhead

Magneto, a loggerhead sea turtle at the New England Aquarium's Sea Turtle Hospital, undergoing a checkup by hospital staff. — Jacob Wycoff, CBS News, 4 June 2026

North Carolina’s beaches are a nesting ground for multiple species of threatened or endangered sea turtles, including loggerheads, greens, Kemp’s ridleys, leatherbacks and hawksbills, federal officials say. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 1 June 2026

Abiy won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 for solving a long-standing conflict between Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea, though the two countries are currently at loggerheads, with Addis Ababa accusing Asmara of supporting rebel groups to destabilize it. — ABC News, 31 May 2026

Guardiola was often at loggerheads with ground staff, though, over the length of the grass and state of the playing surfaces at the Etihad and the training ground, with the Catalan asking for things that the staff did not feel were possible. — Sam Lee, New York Times, 25 May 2026