hotheaded

Questions about hotheaded

What does hotheaded mean?

hotheaded means "quickly aroused to anger". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hotheaded?

hotheaded has 4 syllables: ho-the-a-ded. The stress falls on "the".

What is another word for hotheaded?

Close synonyms include choleric, irascible, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered. 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 hotheaded a common word?

hotheaded 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.