blockhead

Other forms of blockhead

plural

blockheads·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about blockhead

What does blockhead mean?

blockhead means "a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence".

How many syllables are in blockhead?

blockhead has 2 syllables: block-head. The stress falls on "block". In IPA it is /ˈblɑkˌhɛd/.

What is another word for blockhead?

Close synonyms include dunce, dunderhead, numskull, bonehead, lunkhead. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blockhead a common word?

blockhead is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with blockhead?

34 words rhyme with blockhead. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.