Synonyms for dunderhead
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : duhn-der-hed |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʌn dərˌhɛd |
Top 10 synonyms for dunderhead Other synonyms for the word dunderhead
- ass
- bore
- born fool
- cretin
- donkey
- dope
- dork
- drip
- dullard
- dumb ox
- dumbbell
- dummy
- dunce
- dunderhead
- easy mark
- fair game
- fathead
- fool
- goof
- goof ball
- goose
- half-wit
- halfwit
- idiot
- ignoramus
- illiterate
- imbecile
- innocent
- jackass
- jerk
- jughead
- knucklehead
- lame-brain
- lamebrain
- lightweight
- loon
- lunkhead
- mooncalf
- moron
- nerd
- nincompoop
- ninny
- nitwit
- numskull
- oaf
- pea brain
- pinhead
- sap
- scatterbrain
- schlemiel
- schnook
- silly
- simple
- simpleton
- softhead
- stooge
- stupid person
- sucker
- tomfool
- turkey
- twerp
- twit
- victim
Définition of dunderhead
Origin :- 1620s, from head (n.); the first element is obscure; perhaps from Middle Dutch doner, donder "to thunder" (cf. blunderbuss).
- As in simpleton : noun fool
- As in mooncalf : noun fool
- As in ninny : noun fool
- As in schmo : noun fool
- As in schmuck : noun fool
- As in softhead : noun fool
- As in tomfool : noun fool
- As in turkey : noun fool
- As in dunce : noun stupid person
- As in fool : noun stupid or ridiculous person
- As in half-wit : noun stupid person
- Well, if ever there was a dunderhead in this world it's me, it sure is.
- Extract from : « Pippin; A Wandering Flame » by Laura E. Richards
- The maltman's dunderhead son passed it about the ale-house that night.
- Extract from : « Star of Mercia » by Blanche Devereux
- Look at me, Sariette, old boy, and tell me if I look like a dunderhead.
- Extract from : « The Revolt of the Angels » by Anatole France
- I shall issue an address to the free and independent electors of Dunderhead.
- Extract from : « Piccadilly » by Laurence Oliphant
- If she hadn't married that dunderhead she'd have been a happy woman.
- Extract from : « The Squire's Daughter » by Archibald Marshall
- There is TOM, the dunderhead, who is always sleepy and he will put that down about him.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 23, September 3, 1870 » by Various
- “The actual Superintendent of Dunderbunk is a dunderhead,” said Churm.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 » by Various
- Because I'm not fool enough to believe that story—and not dunderhead enough to be taken in by a practical joke.
- Extract from : « The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel » by Mary E. Hanshew
- "The magazines are aft, you dunderhead," Joe Kivelson told him, shoving himself to his feet.
- Extract from : « Four-Day Planet » by Henry Beam Piper
- A dunderhead, say the folk, can cotch fish; but it takes a man t find un.
- Extract from : « Dr. Grenfell's Parish » by Norman Duncan
Antonyms for dunderhead
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