English Explanatory Dictionary

empty-headed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Silly and lacking sense or discretion; featherbrained or scatterbrained.
  2. Unintelligent.

Word forms

empty-headed more empty-headed most empty-headed emptyheaded

Etymology

From empty + headed; compare airheaded.

Synonyms

absent-minded peabrain brainless addlebrained addlepated airheaded bee-brained beef-witted beefheaded beetle-headed birdbrained blockheaded Boeotian boneheaded boofheaded braindead bubbleheaded buffle-headed bullet-headed cerebrally challenged childish chowderheaded chuckleheaded crackbrained cretinous daft dense dented dim-bulb dim-headed dim-witted dim doltish dopey dozy drowsy dull-headed dull-minded dull-witted dull dumber than a box of rocks dumb dunderheaded empty-headed fatheaded feeble-minded flea-brained foolish fuzzy-headed fuzzy-minded goofy half-brained half-witted hammer-headed idiotic ignorant imbecilic inane insipid intellectually challenged

Related words

vacuous

Derived words

empty-headedness
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