tin hat

1. 1.

   a lightweight protective helmet (plastic or metal) worn by construction workers

   Synonymshard hatsafety hat

   Broaderhelmet

Questions about tin hat

What does tin hat mean?

tin hat means "a lightweight protective helmet (plastic or metal) worn by construction workers".

What is another word for tin hat?

Close synonyms include hard hat, safety hat. 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 tin hat a common word?

tin hat 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.