# What's another word for Airhead? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 18, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-airhead/568101 "2011-01-18T18:53:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-airhead/568101/21 "2011-01-18T20:49:39Z")
I immediately thought ditz, but daydreamer’s a better suggestion for totally avoiding offence - all the others could be taken as an insult if your dippy friend is in a sensitive mood even though they’d be taken as friendly teasing in a different mood; labelling people is a tricky business. ‘Bimbo’ would pretty much always be an insult, but I expect you’re aware of that. Perhaps it has different connotations in different countries. ---
**Author:** ![longPath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@longPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longPath)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-airhead/568101/22 "2011-01-18T22:21:45Z")
pneumo-cephalic? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-airhead/568101/23 "2011-01-18T22:39:23Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > ‘Bimbo’ would pretty much always be an insult, but I expect you’re aware of that. Perhaps it has different connotations in different countries. I like Ditz. I was under the impression “Bimbo” describes a trashier subset of slut typically found cruising bowling alleys. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-airhead/568101/24 "2011-01-18T22:48:02Z")
Dizzy. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-airhead/568101/25 "2011-01-18T23:09:53Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > I like Ditz. > > I was under the impression “Bimbo” describes a trashier subset of slut typically found cruising bowling alleys. Yup, 'round here it isn’t a description that a friend would find terribly endearing. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-airhead/568101/26 "2011-01-18T23:13:00Z")
Ditz would be my best exchangeable word. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-airhead/568101/27 "2011-01-18T23:14:36Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Flibbertigibbet? Will-O-The-Wisp? Clown? Maria? ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-airhead/568101/28 "2011-01-18T23:16:42Z")
I think an airhead is somebody who is just plain stupid. I think you want something like “scatterbrain” instead. ---
**Author:** ![xoferew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e9a140/32.png) [@xoferew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xoferew)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-airhead/568101/29 "2011-01-18T23:37:54Z")
Muffin Head. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-airhead/568101/30 "2011-01-19T00:44:26Z")
“special” ---
**Author:** ![qazwart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/5fc32e/32.png) [@qazwart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qazwart)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-airhead/568101/31 "2011-01-19T01:36:52Z")
She has more important things to worry about than keeping track of mere car keys. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-airhead/568101/32 "2011-01-19T03:46:47Z")
I like the Shakespearean-era insult “wantwit,” although this may have a more negative connotation. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-airhead/568101/33 "2011-01-19T04:22:45Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > Well, there’s “space cadet”, but that’s probably about even with “airhead”. Also “space case.” I think it’s less insulting than airhead. Space case implies someone who is lost in the clouds, but not necessarily stupid. Airhead implies their head is empty; that is, they are dumb. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-airhead/568101/34 "2011-01-19T04:27:46Z")
My high school coach liked the term “wall-light”. Stick a flashlight in the ear and it lights up the wall on the other side. ---
**Author:** ![FuzzyOgre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@FuzzyOgre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuzzyOgre)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-airhead/568101/35 "2011-01-19T05:28:47Z")
Dingbat turtlebrained noodlehead! You ant skulled minus-mind! You have have nothing but mush you jellybrained helium head! If you had half a mind, it would be ten times as much as I give you credit for. That echo chamber between your ears has never had a brain cell for an audience. Bobble-head! Numbskull! Pea brain! If you could clone yourself, your sum would be zero! You could get a room at a hotel with no occupancy. For free. In Soviet Russia, blonde jokes tell you! ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-airhead/568101/36 "2011-01-19T06:09:09Z")
/5 ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-airhead/568101/37 "2011-01-19T15:01:48Z")
“You’re so…preoccupied.” ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-airhead/568101/38 "2011-01-20T07:44:15Z")
Anyone else think Air assault infantry 🙂 Declan ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-airhead/568101/39 "2011-01-20T07:48:27Z")
Bubble (head) ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-airhead/568101/40 "2011-01-20T08:16:09Z")
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