fathead

Other forms of fathead

plural

fatheads·

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 fathead

What does fathead mean?

fathead means "a man who is a stupid incompetent fool".

How many syllables are in fathead?

fathead has 3 syllables and divides as fa-the-ad under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for fathead?

Close synonyms include goof, goofball, bozo, jackass, goose. 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 fathead a common word?

fathead is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.