Knuckleheaded
Knuckleheaded adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.
Usage example: the editorial lampooned the knuckleheaded legislation, which was yet another attempt by the government to protect people from themselves
Thickheaded and knuckleheaded are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thickheaded" instead an adjective "Knuckleheaded".
Thickheaded
Thickheaded adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.
Usage example: don't suppose that he's thickheaded just because he doesn't understand English very well
Knuckleheaded and thickheaded are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Knuckleheaded" instead an adjective "Thickheaded".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- thick and knuckleheaded
- thick and thickheaded
- dull and knuckleheaded
- dull and thickheaded
- stupid and knuckleheaded
- stupid and thickheaded
- dense and knuckleheaded
- dense and thickheaded
- obtuse and knuckleheaded
- obtuse and thickheaded
- slow and knuckleheaded
- slow and thickheaded
- dim and knuckleheaded
- dim and thickheaded
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