knucklehead

Other forms of knucklehead

plural

knuckleheads·

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 knucklehead

What does knucklehead mean?

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

How many syllables are in knucklehead?

knucklehead has 4 syllables: knuc-kle-he-ad. The stress falls on "kle".

What is another word for knucklehead?

Close synonyms include dunce, dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead. 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 knucklehead a common word?

knucklehead 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.