thickheaded
4
7.9
- adjective
- /ˈθɪkˌhɛdɪd/
- Offensive
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- Rather disheartening to see how thickheaded, intolerant, and narrow-sighted supposed enlightened individuals can be.
- so thickheaded
Examples
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Usually it is the evolutionists who complain that the Creationists are thickheaded, intolerant, and narrow-sighted.
Blog text (3) -
He's thickheaded, and insensitive and reactionary, and generally less fun to be around than any person I've ever met.
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You're too thickheaded to admit it.
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" Don't be more thickheaded than you have to be, Perrin.
Fiction book (1991) -
I swear, sometimes I think you're as thickheaded as a mule.
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Ezra was so impervious—so thickheaded, really; nothing ever touched him.
Academic text (1997) -
"He's too thickheaded to notice," Henry chuckled again and pointed to an object parked under the carport-like shelter next to several moon buggies with large tractor-like tires.
Fiction book (1999) -
He's being so thickheaded that he won't listen to anyone's advice.
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Despite her friends' pleas, she was too thickheaded to change her mind.
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The teacher called him thickheaded for ignoring the obvious solution to the problem.
Synonyms
297
4.4
Not quick to learn or understand things
138
8.1
Not smart or quick to understand
41
8.2
Not very smart and slow to understand
24
6.8
Slow to understand what others explain
16
7.1
Not very intelligent and too naive about complex things
14
7.4
Slow to understand what other people mean
8
8.0
Very stupid and not thinking clearly
6
5.6
Not quick to understand or learn
6
5.3
Not very smart and slow to understand things
4
8.5
Not quick to understand new ideas
3
6.7
Not quick to understand or think
1
9.3
Not very smart and acting in a foolish way
1
8.1
Not quick to understand or learn new things
1
9.9
Slow to understand things and often acting foolishly
1
8.8
Not very smart or sensible
1
8.3
Not able to think clearly or make good decisions
1
7.9
Being very foolish and showing poor judgment
1
9.1
Confused and unable to think clearly
A little slow to understand things
A person who is slow to understand and easily fooled
Being foolish and not thinking carefully before acting
Being very foolish and clumsy in how someone thinks or acts
Not smart and slow to understand
Very foolish and often making bad choices
Slow to understand or learn things
Slow to understand things and often acting foolishly
Very foolish and showing little sense
Silly and confused in the way someone thinks
Showing very little intelligence or common sense
Showing little intelligence and only simple ideas
Not very quick to understand things
Being stubborn and not clever
Antonyms
How Smart
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Thickheaded comes from thick ('not thin') and head ('the thinking part'), giving the image of a person with a 'thick' head who is slow to understand. So thickheaded means stupid or slow to get something.