bonehead

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UK/ˈbəʊnˌhɛd/US/ˈboʊnˌhɛd/

noun

Someone who is thick-skulled, stupid, or stubborn.

“Near-synonyms: thickhead, numskull; see also Thesaurus:fool, Thesaurus:idiot”

UncommonScrabble 14

Meanings

nounbonehead (plural boneheads)

plural boneheads · alternative bone head

  1. slangSomeone who is thick-skulled, stupid, or stubborn.

    Near-synonyms: thickhead, numskull; see also Thesaurus:fool, Thesaurus:idiot

    1 more example

    Musical Potterism, for example, is everywhere rampant. It bobs up in music criticisms and peeps forth in daily intercourse. "Give me good old Mozart," cries the classical Potterite, "and keep your modern kickshaws. Mozart is good enough for me!" Alas, we think Mozart is too good for this bonehead, who no doubt prefers a Broadway comic opera to The Marriage of Figaro.

    1921, James Huneker, Variations, page 248

    Synonyms: thickhead, numskull, alcatote, asshat, arsehole, asshole, bayard, berk

  2. slangA member of a neo-Nazi, white supremacist, and antisemitic offshoot of the skinhead subculture.

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

nouna stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence

Broader
stupidstupid personstupe

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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APA

bonehead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bonehead

MLA

“bonehead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bonehead. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bonehead,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bonehead.

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