airhead C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈɛrhɛd/ UK /ˈɛəhɛd/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a silly or unintelligent person Don't dismiss her as an airhead; she runs three companies. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a silly or unintelligent... dimwitscatterbrainditzfoolsimpleton ↔ Opposites geniusintellectualbrain Word family Related forms airheadairheaded Etymology AI details 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 View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # 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 markdown