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: fa-the-ad. The stress falls on "fa".

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.