hardhead
noun
hard·head
ˈhärd-ˌhed 
1
a
: a hardheaded person
b
2
plural hardheads also hardhead
: any of several fishes especially with a spiny or bony head
especially
: atlantic croaker
Synonyms
- airhead
- birdbrain
- blockhead
- bonehead
- bubblehead
- chowderhead
- chucklehead
- clodpoll
- clodpole
- clot [British]
- cluck
- clunk
- cretin
- cuddy [British dialect]
- cuddie
- deadhead
- dim bulb [slang]
- dimwit
- dip
- dodo
- dolt
- donkey
- doofus [slang]
- dope
- dork [slang]
- dullard
- dum-dum
- dumbbell
- dumbhead
- dummkopf
- dummy
- dunce
- dunderhead
- fathead
- gander
- golem
- goof
- goon
- half-wit
- hammerhead
- idiot
- ignoramus
- imbecile
- jackass
- know-nothing
- knucklehead
- lamebrain
- loggerhead [chiefly dialect]
- loon
- lump
- lunkhead
- meathead
- mome [archaic]
- moron
- mug [chiefly British]
- mutt
- natural
- nimrod [slang]
- nincompoop
- ninny
- ninnyhammer
- nit [chiefly British]
- nitwit
- noddy
- noodle
- numskull
- numbskull
- oaf
- pinhead
- prat [British]
- ratbag [chiefly Australian]
- saphead
- schlub [slang]
- shlub
- schnook [slang]
- simpleton
- stock
- stupe
- stupid
- thickhead
- turkey
- woodenhead
- yahoo
- yo-yo
Examples of hardhead in a Sentence
a hardhead who has to learn every life lesson the hard way
Recent Examples on the Web
Her husband, something of a hardhead, would certainly listen to this guy.
—
New York Times, 28 July 2021
Beijing’s hardheads know the coronavirus has compounded the damage to China’s economy from earlier domestic policy settings hostile to the private sector, and from the trade war with America.
—The Economist, 15 Apr. 2020
And there might have been a hardhead or two landed as well.
—Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2018
Cops are empiricist hardheads prone to mystical hunch.
—James Ellroy, Vanities, 7 Oct. 2017
Mark your calendars, HARDheads, and check the teaser trailer below.
—Kat Bein, Billboard, 9 June 2017
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New York Times, 28 July 2021
Beijing’s hardheads know the coronavirus has compounded the damage to China’s economy from earlier domestic policy settings hostile to the private sector, and from the trade war with America.
—The Economist, 15 Apr. 2020
And there might have been a hardhead or two landed as well.
—Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2018
Cops are empiricist hardheads prone to mystical hunch.
—James Ellroy, Vanities, 7 Oct. 2017
Mark your calendars, HARDheads, and check the teaser trailer below.
—Kat Bein, Billboard, 9 June 2017
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“Hardhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hardhead. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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