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thickheaded
adjective thick·head·ed \-ˌhe-dəd\
Definition of THICKHEADED
1
: sluggish and obtuse of mind
2
: having a thick head
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First Known Use of THICKHEADED
1691
Related to THICKHEADED
- Synonyms
- airheaded, birdbrained, bonehead, boneheaded, brain-dead, brainless, bubbleheaded, chuckleheaded, dense, dim, dim-witted, doltish, dopey (also dopy), dorky [slang], dull, dumb, dunderheaded, empty-headed, fatuous, gormless [chiefly British], half-witted, knuckleheaded, lamebrain (or lamebrained), lunkheaded, mindless, oafish, obtuse, opaque, pinheaded, senseless, simple, slow, slow-witted, soft, softheaded, thick, stupid, thick-witted, unintelligent, unsmart, vacuous, weak-minded, witless
- Antonyms
- apt, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, fast, hyperintelligent, intelligent, keen, nimble, quick, quick-witted, sharp, sharp-witted, smart, supersmart, ultrasmart
Rhymes with THICKHEADED
airheaded, bareheaded, bigheaded, bullheaded, clearheaded, coolheaded, eggheaded, embedded, fatheaded, hardheaded, hotheaded, light-headed, longheaded, lunkheaded, pigheaded, pinheaded, redheaded, roundheaded, sapheaded, softheaded, swelled-headed, swellheaded, towheaded, unleaded, white-headed, wrongheaded
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