airhead

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈɛrhɛd/ UK /ˈɛəhɛd/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
a silly or unintelligent person

Don't dismiss her as an airhead; she runs three companies.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a silly or unintelligent... dimwitscatterbrainditzfool simpleton

Opposites

genius intellectual brain

Word family

Related forms air headairheaded

Etymology

A 20th-century compound of air (in the sense 'empty, nothing') + head, suggesting a head full of nothing but air.

air Old French heafod Old English

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# airhead

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈɛrhɛd
**IPA (UK):** ˈɛəhɛd

## Meanings
1. a silly or unintelligent person

## Examples
- Don't dismiss her as an airhead; she runs three companies.

## Synonyms
- dimwit
- scatterbrain
- ditz
- fool
- simpleton

## Antonyms
- genius
- intellectual
- brain

## Related Forms
- air
- head
- airheaded

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: air
- Root: heafod

## Etymology
A 20th-century compound of air (in the sense 'empty, nothing') + head, suggesting a head full of nothing but air.

## AI Etymology
Airhead is a 20th-century compound of air (in the sense 'empty, nothing') + head, suggesting a head full of nothing but air. Important recorded forms include air (Old French) and heafod (Old English). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a silly or unintelligent person. The wider family includes related words such as air, head, and airheaded.

## Topics
- People & Society

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