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- [eg-hed-id]
- /ˈɛgˌhɛd ɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [eg-hed-id]
- /ˈɛgˌhɛd ɪd/
Definitions of eggheaded word
- adjective eggheaded of or befitting an egghead. 1
- noun eggheaded (derogatory, informal) intellectual. 1
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Origin of eggheaded
First appearance:
before 1915 One of the 14% newest English words
First recorded in 1915-20; egghead + -ed3
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Eggheaded
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
eggheaded popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
eggheaded usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for eggheaded
adj eggheaded
- brilliant — A brilliant person, idea, or performance is extremely clever or skilful.
- sharp — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- smart — having or showing quick intelligence or ready mental capability: a smart student.
- acute — An acute accent is a symbol that is placed over vowels in some languages in order to indicate how that vowel is pronounced or over one letter in a word to indicate where it is stressed. You refer to a letter with this accent as, for example, e acute. For example, there is an acute accent over the letter 'e' in the French word 'café'.
- advanced — An advanced system, method, or design is modern and has been developed from an earlier version of the same thing.
Antonyms for eggheaded
adj eggheaded
- stupid — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- unintelligent — deficient in intelligence; dull; stupid.
- dreary — causing sadness or gloom.
- somber — gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.
- cloudy — If it is cloudy, there are a lot of clouds in the sky.
adjective eggheaded
- dulled — Simple past tense and past participle of dull.
See also
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