Antonyms for dunderhead

Grammar : Noun

Spell : duhn-der-hed

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʌn dərˌhɛd

brain
genius

Definition 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

Example sentences :

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

Synonyms for dunderhead

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