as in idiots
a stupid person
I felt like an airhead when I couldn't remember my new neighbor's name in trying to introduce him
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Recent Examples of airheads
Below are the best museums in Los Angeles, to prove this is not city of airheads.
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Maxwell Williams, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 June 2026
The original, penned by Robin Schiff and directed by David Mirkin, cast Sorvino and Kudrow as Romy and Michele, two inseparable airheads who hit the road to attend their 10th high school reunion with a plan to lie about their successful careers to impress their classmates.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 8 June 2026
Stereotypes about airheads in athleisure and ambitions of fame and fortune are each a form of fantasy.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
Maxwell Williams, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 June 2026
The original, penned by Robin Schiff and directed by David Mirkin, cast Sorvino and Kudrow as Romy and Michele, two inseparable airheads who hit the road to attend their 10th high school reunion with a plan to lie about their successful careers to impress their classmates.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 8 June 2026
Stereotypes about airheads in athleisure and ambitions of fame and fortune are each a form of fantasy.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for airheads
Noun
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This is different from the pastime counterfactuals enjoyed after the fact by barfly drunks and social media idiots.—
Kyle Wagner,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2026
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Kids, let’s face it, are idiots by nature, and that’s not their fault.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
Noun
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There are complicated brain-chemistry factors involved that have to do with testosterone, and dopaminergic systems, and kappa-opioid receptors, all of which seem to add up to a Jim Gaffigan joke about how men are morons compared with their wives.—
McKay Coppins,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2026
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The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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People have been hurt so badly by radical left lunatics that worked for the Biden administration and Sleepy Joe.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
7 June 2026
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To get a sentence like that in a communist, radically left-wing city of liberal lunatics is truly amazing.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Airheads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airheads. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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