airhead

Meaning

1. An area of hostile territory that has been seized for use as an airbase to ensure the further safe landing of troops and materiel.
2. A (usually temporary) landing area for aircraft for supplying a non-military operation.
3. Alternative form of air-head (“a horizontal channel providing ventilation in a mine.”)

Synonyms

fool

bubblehead

daft

dimwit

feebleminded

foolish

goon

goose

🪿

goosey

goosy

gormless

half-witted

light-headed

bungler

oaf

patsy

sap

silly

simpleton

sucker

turkey

unthinking

fickle person

goofball

dumb woman

gaumless

nudnick

nudnik

changeling

Hyphenated as

air‧head

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛːhɛd/

Etymology

From air + head (“foremost, topmost, or leading part”), sense 1 (“area of hostile territory seized for use as an airbase”) by analogy with beachhead and bridgehead.