knothead
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈnɑtˌhɛd/
- Offensive
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idiota
- Don't be a knothead.
Examples
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Don't listen to this knothead.
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That's old knothead for you, always showing off.
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Most boys are knotheads when they first start coming here.
Fiction book (1993) -
Maybe this knothead needs to hold a town hall meeting and invite some of those who hold actual government jobs and work 40 hours a week, unlike himself.
Blog text (5) -
What started it was this knothead tried to push a hootchy-kootchy dancer off on me in Panama.
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He acts like such a knothead when he refuses to listen to our advice.
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Don't be a knothead and ignore the instructions; they are there to help you.
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Everyone knows that he is a knothead for always making the same mistakes.
Synonyms
67
9.9
A rude name for a person who is stupid and annoying
43
7.9
A person who does silly things without thinking
42
8.1
A person who behaves in a foolish way
35
8.7
A person who makes silly mistakes
18
9.9
A rude insulting word for someone who is very stupid or unpleasant
14
8.8
A rude, silly person who annoys others
12
8.2
A person who is stupid or slow to understand things
5
9.7
A person who is not very smart
3
9.9
A person who behaves in a silly or stupid way
3
8.4
A rude word for someone who is not smart
2
9.1
A person who is silly and acts foolishly
1
9.9
Someone who behaves in a silly or foolish way
1
9.5
A childish name used to call someone silly
1
8.9
A person who is silly and often forgets things
1
9.9
A person someone insults for being slow or having old-fashioned views
1
9.8
A rude word for a person who is very stupid
1
9.9
A person who acts in a silly or stupid way
1
9.9
An unpleasant or foolish person said as an insult
1
6.6
A person who is stubborn and does not change their mind
1
9.1
A playful insult for a person who acts silly
1
9.9
A person who behaves in a foolish way
1
9.9
A person who behaves in a silly, annoying way
1
8.4
A person who behaves in a foolish or silly way
1
9.9
An insulting word for a person who does foolish things
1
9.8
An insulting name for a person who is foolish or lazy
An insulting name for a stupid person
A person who is foolish and cannot think clearly
A person who acts in a silly, foolish way
A person who acts silly or foolish
A rude name for people who act silly
A person who is not very smart
A rude, foolish person who annoys others
An insulting word for a rude or stupid person
A person who refuses to change their mind or actions
How Foolish
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Knothead joins knot (a tight tangle or hard 'lump') and head, so picture a 'head' that is 'knotted' or hard. That's why a knothead means a 'stubborn' or 'foolish' person.