bonehead
Syllables: bone·headUK/ˈbəʊnˌhɛd/US/ˈboʊnˌhɛd/
bonehead noun: someone who is thick-skulled, stupid, or stubborn.
Noun
bonehead (plural boneheads)
- Someone who is thick-skulled, stupid, or stubborn.
- Near-synonyms: thickhead, numskull; see also Thesaurus:fool, Thesaurus:idiot
- Musical Potterism, for example, is everywhere rampant. It bobs up in music criticisms and peeps forth in daily intercourse. "Give me good old Mozart," cries the classical Potterite, "and keep your modern kickshaws. Mozart is good enough for me!" Alas, we think Mozart is too good for this bonehead...1921, James Huneker, Variations, page 248
- A member of a neo-Nazi, white supremacist, and antisemitic offshoot of the skinhead subculture.
bonehead meaning in Urdu and Bengali
bonehead in Urdu
- احمق, بدھو
bonehead in Bengali
- বোকা অথবা একগুঁয়ে
Synonyms of bonehead
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Forms of bonehead
| plural | boneheads |
|---|---|
| alternative form | bone head |
Origin of bonehead
From bone + head.
Questions about bonehead
- What does bonehead mean?
- Bonehead means someone who is thick-skulled, stupid, or stubborn.
- What is bonehead in Urdu?
- Bonehead in Urdu is احمق, بدھو. See Bonehead meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is bonehead?
- Bonehead is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bonehead?
- Bonehead is pronounced /ˈbəʊnˌhɛd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bonehead?
- The plural of bonehead is boneheads.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bonehead (page history and authors); bonehead (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bonehead (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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