pinhead

Other forms of pinhead

plural

pinheads·

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 pinhead

What does pinhead mean?

pinhead means "an ignorant or foolish person". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pinhead?

pinhead has 3 syllables: pin-he-ad. The stress falls on "pin".

What is another word for pinhead?

Close synonyms include dumbbell, dummy, dope, boob, booby. 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 pinhead a common word?

pinhead 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.