Meanings
plural boneheads · alternative bone head
- slangSomeone who is thick-skulled, stupid, or stubborn.
Near-synonyms: thickhead, numskull; see also Thesaurus:fool, Thesaurus:idiot
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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 248Synonyms: thickhead, numskull, alcatote, asshat, arsehole, asshole, bayard, berk
- slangA member of a neo-Nazi, white supremacist, and antisemitic offshoot of the skinhead subculture.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomeone who is thick-skulled, stupid, or stubborn.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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bonehead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bonehead
“bonehead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bonehead. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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