bonehead

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US /ˈboʊnˌhɛd/ UK /ˈbəʊnˌhɛd/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
a stupid or stubborn person; a blockhead

Only a bonehead would leave the keys in the ignition.

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1 noun · a stupid or stubborn... blockhead dunce idiot fooldimwitnumbskulldolt simpleton

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genius brain

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Derived forms boneheaded

Related forms bone head

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.

bān Old English *bainą Proto-Germanic

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# 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.

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- People & Society

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