soft-headed
Lacking sharp judgment
Soft-headed means foolish, stupid, or lacking sound judgment.
The image is of a head too soft to hold firm thoughts: a soft-headed romantic who believed every promise, soft-headed policies that ignore economic reality.
The word suggests someone easily swayed or incapable of rigorous thinking.
Compare hardheaded, which means practical and realistic.
Lacking intelligence or quickness
- doltishSlow and dense
- dopeyStupidly slow, half-asleep
- feeblemindedOf weak intellect
- half-wittedLacking intelligence or sense
idiotic · moronic · simpleminded · witless · brainless · thick · dense · obtuse
Prone to blind trust
- trustingInclined to believe others
- dupedDeceived into believing
- suckeredTricked into believing
- hoodwinkedTricked into believing falsely
naive · unsuspecting · overtrusting · exploitable · manipulated · bamboozled · fooled · conned
Capable of being shaped
- suggestibleEasily influenced by others
- pliantEasily bent or influenced
- persuadableAble to be convinced
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
moldable · pliable · yielding · compliant · amenable · docile · tractable · biddable
Soft or saccharine
- tenderSoft or sore
- emotionalShowing strong feelings
- mawkishUnpleasantly overemotional
- soppySoaked or saccharine
saccharine · romantic · idealistic · dreamy · starry-eyed · unrealistic · impractical · utopian
dim-witted
Lacking intelligence or quickness
- doltishSlow and dense
- dopeyStupidly slow, half-asleep
- feeblemindedOf weak intellect
half-witted · idiotic · moronic · simpleminded · witless · brainless · thick · dense · obtuse · slow-witted
credulous
Prone to blind trust
hoodwinked · naive · unsuspecting · overtrusting · exploitable · manipulated · bamboozled · fooled · conned · gulled
malleable
Capable of being shaped
- suggestibleEasily influenced by others
- pliantEasily bent or influenced
- persuadableAble to be convinced
susceptible · moldable · pliable · yielding · compliant · amenable · docile · tractable · biddable · acquiescent
mushy
Soft or saccharine
soppy · saccharine · romantic · idealistic · dreamy · starry-eyed · unrealistic · impractical · utopian · wishful
soft-headedhard-headed
Unyielding in opinion
shrewd · level-headed · pragmatic · sensible · clear-headed