loggerhead

Other forms of loggerhead

plural

loggerheads·

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 loggerhead

What does loggerhead mean?

loggerhead means "a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in loggerhead?

loggerhead has 3 syllables: log-ger-head. The stress falls on "log". In IPA it is /ˈlɑɡɚˌhɛd/.

What is another word for loggerhead?

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 loggerhead a common word?

loggerhead 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.

What rhymes with loggerhead?

34 words rhyme with loggerhead. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.