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chowderhead

noun
chow·​der·​head | \ ˈchau̇-dÉ™r-ËŒhed How to pronounce chowderhead (audio) \

Definition of chowderhead

: dolt, blockhead
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chowderheaded \ ˈchau̇-​dÉ™r-​ËŒhe-​dÉ™d How to pronounce chowderheaded (audio) \ adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms for chowderhead

Synonyms

airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, bubblehead, chucklehead, clodpoll (or clodpole), clot [British], cluck, clunk, cretin, cuddy (or cuddie) [British dialect], 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, hardhead, 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 (or numbskull), oaf, pinhead, prat [British], ratbag [chiefly Australian], saphead, schlub (also shlub) [slang], schnook [slang], simpleton, stock, stupe, stupid, thickhead, turkey, woodenhead, yahoo, yo-yo

Antonyms

brain, genius

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The chowder in chowderhead is neither New England nor Manhattan (though one could speculate that a chowderhead has either type of clam chowder for brains). Chowderhead is a mispronunciation of jolterhead, a derivative of the 16th-century insult jolt head. Before being extended to a thickheaded person (i.e., a blockhead), the term jolt head was used literally for a large, heavy head. The etymology of jolt head is obscure; the term is likely connected somehow to the jolt that means "an abrupt jerky blow or movement," but the exact nature of the connection is not known.

Examples of chowderhead in a Sentence

instantly concluded his new son-in-law was a chowderhead

First Known Use of chowderhead

1833, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for chowderhead

alteration of dialect jolterhead blockhead

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chowderhead

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English Language Learners Definition of chowderhead

US, informal

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