Synonyms of hammerhead

hammerhead

noun

ˈha-mər-ˌhed 

as in idiot

a stupid person

we despair of ever getting those hammerheads to buckle their seat belts without prodding

Synonyms & Similar Words

• idiot
• moron
• dummy
• stupid
• hardhead
• donkey
• mutt
• lunatic
• loser
• pinhead
• prat
• dumbbell
• loggerhead
• dip
• noodle
• natural
• bonehead
• golem
• knucklehead
• saphead
• jackass
• jerk
• turkey
• meathead
• fool
• fathead
• ignoramus
• chucklehead
• numbskull
• know-nothing
• dope
• bubblehead
• imbecile
• blockhead
• goon
• noddy
• dumbhead
• lunkhead
• lump
• dodo
• dumb cluck
• loon
• clunk
• dunderhead
• dum-dum
• dunce
• yahoo
• stock
• chowderhead
• dolt
• villain
• cuddy
• cretin
• numskull
• goof
• clown
• stupe
• airhead
• clodpole
• gander
• cluck
• dim bulb
• goose
• nimrod
• dullard
• oaf
• deadhead
• dork
• ninny
• nincompoop
• ninnyhammer
• schnook
• cuddie
• ratbag
• doofus
• dimwit
• birdbrain
• clodpoll
• woodenhead
• simpleton
• dummkopf
• skunk
• thickhead
• snake
• mome
• nit
• clot
• lamebrain
• schlub
• nitwit
• yo-yo
• booby
• shlub
• half-wit
• madman
• buffoon
• mug
• nut
• beast
• heel
• creep
• loony
• gawk
• zany
• featherbrain
• cad
• cur
• stinker
• scatterbrain
• boor
• churl

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brain
• genius
• sage
• intellect
• thinker
• wizard
• intellectual
• whiz
• Renaissance man
• polymath
• sharpie
• sharpy

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of hammerhead

Smaller sharks, including blacktip sharks, can be key menu items for larger sharks, such as great hammerheads. —Michael Heithaus, Discover Magazine, 5 Aug. 2024

And a hammerhead once circled his paddleboard menacingly before swimming out to sea. —Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2024

Unlike the celebrity predators in Cocaine Sharks—great hammerheads, tiger sharks, and other hefty species—the Brazilian sharks were juvenile and small adults, averaging 52 centimeters long and weighing less than a quart of milk. —Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 19 July 2024

The reactions of sharks to storms have been the subject of studies, including one published in 2021 that found large bull sharks, great hammerheads and most nurse sharks will leave shallow waters as hurricanes near. —Mark Price, Miami Herald, 9 July 2024