thickhead

Dense-minded person

A thickhead is a stupid person—someone slow to understand or learn.

The insult is straightforward: the skull is so thick that nothing penetrates.

Don't be such a thickhead.

The adjective thickheaded works the same way: That was a thickheaded move.

insult

numbskull

Stupid or foolish person

dimwit · dullard · fool · idiot · knucklehead · nitwit · simpleton · ignoramus · lunkhead · clod

bird

warbler

Small melodious bird

whistler · insectivore · plumage · nesting · canopy · forest · endemic · birdwatching · avifauna · ornithology

stubborn

pigheaded

Stubbornly refusing to yield

willful · intransigent · unyielding · unbending · inflexible · dogged · adamant · immovable · uncompromising · recalcitrant

Categories
Opposites
intellectual capacity

thickheadgenius

Person of rare brilliance

brain · brainiac · wizard · intellectual · mastermind

learning ability

thickheadquick learner

One who masters rapidly

fast learner · quick study · sharp mind · quick on the uptake · bright

Family

thickheaded, thickheads, thickheadedness

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Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G