fatheaded

Questions about fatheaded

What does fatheaded mean?

fatheaded means "(used informally) stupid".

How many syllables are in fatheaded?

fatheaded has 4 syllables and divides as fa-the-a-ded 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 fatheaded?

Close synonyms include blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, loggerheaded. 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 fatheaded a common word?

fatheaded is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.