bonehead C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈboʊnˌhɛd/ UK /ˈbəʊnˌhɛd/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a stupid or stubborn person; a blockhead Only a bonehead would leave the keys in the ignition. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a stupid or stubborn... blockheaddunceidiotfooldimwitnumbskulldoltsimpleton ↔ Opposites geniusbrain Word family Derived forms boneheaded Related forms bonehead Etymology AI details A compound of bone + head, the image being a head full of bone rather than brain. Bone descends from Old English bān, from Proto-Germanic *bainą. bān Old English *bainą Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # bonehead **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈboʊnˌhɛd/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbəʊnˌhɛd/ ## Meanings 1. a stupid or stubborn person; a blockhead ## Examples - Only a bonehead would leave the keys in the ignition. ## Synonyms - blockhead - dunce - idiot - fool - dimwit - numbskull - dolt - simpleton ## Antonyms - genius - brain ## Derived Forms - boneheaded ## Related Forms - bone - head ## Roots and Affixes - Root: bān - Root: *bainą ## Etymology A compound of bone + head, the image being a head full of bone rather than brain. Bone descends from Old English bān, from Proto-Germanic *bainą. ## AI Etymology Bonehead is a compound of bone + head, the image being a head full of bone rather than brain. Bone descends from Old English bān, from Proto-Germanic *bainą. Important recorded forms include bān (Old English) and *bainą (Proto-Germanic). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a stupid or stubborn person; a blockhead. The wider family includes derived forms such as boneheaded and related words such as bone and head. ## Topics - People & Society markdown