thickheaded

Questions about thickheaded

What does thickheaded mean?

thickheaded means "(used informally) stupid".

How many syllables are in thickheaded?

thickheaded has 4 syllables: thick-he-a-ded. The stress falls on "he".

What is another word for thickheaded?

Close synonyms include blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded. 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 thickheaded a common word?

thickheaded 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.