saphead

Other forms of saphead

plural

sapheads·

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 saphead

What does saphead mean?

saphead means "a person who lacks good judgment".

How many syllables are in saphead?

saphead has 3 syllables: sa-phe-ad. The stress falls on "sa".

What is another word for saphead?

Close synonyms include fool, sap, muggins, tomfool. 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 saphead a common word?

saphead 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.