Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thick as a brick

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English

Syllables: thick- as a brick
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very stupid; slow to learn or understand.

Example Sentences

"So you ride yourselves over the fields And you make all your animal deals And your wise men don't know how it feels To be thick as a brick."

Synonyms

dumb as an ox addlebrained addlepated airheaded bee-brained beef-witted soft beefheaded beetle-headed birdbrained blockheaded Boeotian

Questions

What does thick as a brick mean?: Very stupid; slow to learn or understand.

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