Meanings
plural lunkheads
- derogatoryinformalA fool or idiot.
You are a lunkhead! How could you be so stupid?
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Eww, you've got to check out her creepy friends.. It's like these JAP actress sluts and some American Gladiators reject lunkhead!
1997, Daniel Clowes, “The Norman Square”, in Ghost World, Jonathan Cape, published 2000, →ISBN, page 49More recently in the semi-mainstream, and somewhere between Jo and Lesbieber, there’s Portlandia’s Lance, of recurring couple Nina and Lance. He’s a longhaired lunkhead with a heart of gold and the patience of a man who could only actually be a woman.
2015 February 17, Shauna Miller, “The Radical Queerness of Kate McKinnon's Justin Bieber”, in The AtlanticBill Baker is a challenging hero to root for, a thickly accented lunkhead and self-described screwup who is never without his trucker cap and wraparound shades.
2021 August 1, David Sims, “Stillwater Isn’t a Typical True-Crime Drama”, in The AtlanticSynonyms: addle-brain, addlehead, addle pate, airhead, baboon, beanbrain, beetlebrain, beetlehead
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fool or idiot.
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
Cite this entry
lunkhead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lunkhead
“lunkhead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lunkhead. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lunkhead,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lunkhead.
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