Meanings
plural hard hats · alternative hardhat
- A helmet, usually made from rigid plastic, used on construction sites to protect the head from falling objects.
My enthusiasm wasn't exactly suppressed - my father had worked for British Rail's property department, and one of my earliest memories was walking around the forlorn buildings at Old Oak Common depot wearing his oversized BR hard hat.
2020 May 6, Tim Dunn, “The Architecture The Railways Built”, in Rail, page 72Synonyms: bump cap, construction helmet
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA helmet, usually made from rigid plastic, used on construction sites to protect the head from falling objects.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc.
nouna lightweight protective helmet (plastic or metal) worn by construction workers
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan casc de protecció, casc de seguretat
- casc de proteccióconstruction helmet
- casc de seguretatconstruction helmet
Chinese Cantonese 安全帽
- 安全帽construction helmet
Chinese Mandarin 安全帽
- 安全帽 (ānquánmào)construction helmet
Czech přilba
- přilbaconstruction helmet
Danish sikkerhedshjelm, beskyttelseshjelm
- sikkerhedshjelmconstruction helmet
- beskyttelseshjelmconstruction helmet
Dutch veiligheidshelm
- veiligheidshelmconstruction helmet
Estonian ehituskiiver
- ehituskiiverconstruction helmet
Finnish kypärä, työmaakypärä
- kypäräconstruction helmet
- työmaakypäräconstruction helmet
French casque, casque de chantier
- casqueconstruction helmet
- casque de chantierconstruction helmet
German Schutzhelm, Bauhelm
- Schutzhelmconstruction helmet
- Bauhelmconstruction helmet
- Sicherheitshelmconstruction helmet
Greek κράνος ασφαλείας
- κράνος ασφαλείας (krános asfaleías)construction helmet
Hungarian védősisak
- védősisakconstruction helmet
Italian elmetto di protezione
- elmetto di protezioneconstruction helmet
Japanese 安全帽, 保護帽
- 安全帽 (anzenbō)construction helmet
- 保護帽 (hogobō)construction helmet
- ヘルメット (herumetto)construction helmet
Korean 안전모
- 안전모 (anjeonmo)construction helmet
Latvian ķivere
- ķivereconstruction helmet
Norwegian Bokmål vernehjelm
- vernehjelmconstruction helmet
Persian کاسک
- کاسک (kâsk)construction helmet
Polish kask, kask budowlany
- kaskconstruction helmet
- kask budowlanyconstruction helmet
Portuguese capacete de proteção, capacete de segurança
- capacete de proteçãoconstruction helmet
- capacete de segurançaconstruction helmet
Romanian caschetă, cască
- caschetăconstruction helmet
- cascăconstruction helmet
Russian шлем-ка́ска, шлем
- шлем-ка́ска (šlem-káska)construction helmet
- шлем (šlem)construction helmet
- ка́ска (káska)construction helmet
Slovak prilba
- prilbaconstruction helmet
Spanish casco, casco de construcción
- cascoconstruction helmet
- casco de construcciónconstruction helmet
Swahili kofia ngumu
- kofia ngumuconstruction helmet
Swedish skyddshjälm, byggarbetarhjälm
- skyddshjälmconstruction helmet
- byggarbetarhjälmconstruction helmet
Turkish baret
- baretconstruction helmet
Ukrainian шоло́м, ка́ска
- шоло́м (šolóm)construction helmet
- ка́ска (káska)construction helmet
Cite this entry
hard hat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard%20hat
“hard hat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard%20hat. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hard hat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard%20hat.
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