airheaded

adjective

Definition of airheadednext
as in dumb
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily they are going to think I'm completely airheaded when I tell them I forgot the password again

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airheaded
  1. dumb
  2. stupid
  3. slow
  4. simple
  5. thick
  6. ignorant
Adjective
  • Ratajkowski has been fighting the stereotype of the dumb model from the beginning of her career.
    Daniel Jackson, Allure, 18 July 2017
  • Ninety nine percent of all NFL players are explicitly not dumb.
    Andy Benoit, The MMQB, 10 July 2017
Definition of dumb
Adjective
  • The Boke character, which would be Johnson, is the one who will make a mistake on purpose, or make a stupid joke.
    Justin Koreis, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Any Republican that would be so stupid as to do this should, and will, be Primaried.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of stupid
Adjective
  • But Williams and the Bears offense, which have struggled all season with slow starts, certainly didn’t look cool and collected prior to the fourth quarter.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Two juveniles darted across a branch, and the younger female began to hunt flying insects, moving in a slow crouch.
    Jessica Camille Aguirre, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of slow
Adjective
  • The answer is simple: College football needs a new calendar to make a great game better and save it from itself.
    Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Homemade ice cream is a lot simpler to make than most people realize.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of simple
Adjective
  • The same is available in guest rooms along with newspaper and thick kitchen matches for fire starting.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Here sits Turkish British author Elif Shafak, confronting a vision that will shatter her understanding of both motherhood and creativity: the milk flowing from her breast has transformed into something sinister—thick and dark as a calligrapher’s ink.
    Fidan Cheikosman, JSTOR Daily, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of thick
Adjective
  • Media pundits and the health care insurance industry are surprised, blissfully ignorant that their elite position guarantees prompt care with minimal frustration.
    Arthur E Palamara, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Heller seems blissfully ignorant of what motherhood means — as if pregnancy resulted only from violation, not mutual engagement.
    Armond White, National Review, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of ignorant
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