Synonyms
- airhead
- birdbrain
- blockhead
- bonehead
- bubblehead
- chowderhead
- chucklehead
- clodpoll
- clodpole
- clot [British]
- cluck
- clunk
- cretin
- cuddy [British dialect]
- cuddie
- deadhead
- dim bulb [slang]
- dimwit
- dip
- dodo
- dolt
- donkey
- doofus [slang]
- dope
- dork [slang]
- dullard
- dum-dum
- dumbbell
- dumbhead
- dummkopf
- dummy
- dunce
- dunderhead
- fathead
- gander
- golem
- goof
- goon
- half-wit
- hammerhead
- hardhead
- idiot
- ignoramus
- imbecile
- jackass
- know-nothing
- lamebrain
- loggerhead [chiefly dialect]
- loon
- lump
- lunkhead
- meathead
- mome [archaic]
- moron
- mug [chiefly British]
- mutt
- natural
- nimrod [slang]
- nincompoop
- ninny
- ninnyhammer
- nit [chiefly British]
- nitwit
- noddy
- noodle
- numskull
- numbskull
- oaf
- pinhead
- prat [British]
- ratbag [chiefly Australian]
- saphead
- schlub [slang]
- shlub
- schnook [slang]
- simpleton
- stock
- stupe
- stupid
- thickhead
- turkey
- woodenhead
- yahoo
- yo-yo
Examples of knucklehead in a Sentence
Don't be such a knucklehead.
I'd like to get my hands on the knucklehead who designed that paper-towel dispenser.
Recent Examples on the Web
That’s the sort of talent knuckleheads who think this music game is all about proficiency and flash will never understand.
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Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 1 June 2024
Advertisement A lot of passionate, maniacal and deeply invested knuckleheads, yes.
—Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
Everybody loves some knucklehead music, but there was a balance back in the day.
—William E. Ketchum Iii, Men's Health, 1 Aug. 2023
Things happen in war’s downtime, silly things like the knuckleheads from a recon platoon playing a prank one night, throwing a tear gas grenade into the barracks.
—The Indianapolis Star, 2 July 2024
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Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 1 June 2024
Advertisement A lot of passionate, maniacal and deeply invested knuckleheads, yes.
—Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
Everybody loves some knucklehead music, but there was a balance back in the day.
—William E. Ketchum Iii, Men's Health, 1 Aug. 2023
Things happen in war’s downtime, silly things like the knuckleheads from a recon platoon playing a prank one night, throwing a tear gas grenade into the barracks.
—The Indianapolis Star, 2 July 2024
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“Knucklehead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knucklehead. Accessed 17 Jul. 2024.
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