| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| Sounds | hheh'd |
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| Rhymes | abed, aforesaid, ahead, and 86 more rhymes in ehd at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals. Contains the face and brains. |
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| Examples | "he stuck his head out the window" |
| Synonyms | caput |
| Part of | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna; body, organic structure, physical structure |
| Parts | muzzle; ear; basilar artery, arteria basilaris; brain, encephalon; skull; face, human face; temple |
| Narrower | human head |
| Broader | external body part |
| Adjectives | cephalic |
| Meaning | A single domestic animal. |
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| Examples | "200 head of cattle" |
| Broader | domestic animal |
| Meaning | That which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings. The seat of the faculty of reason. |
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| Examples | "I couldn't get his words out of my head" |
| Synonyms | mind, brain, psyche, nous |
| Narrower | noddle; tabula rasa; ego; unconscious mind, unconscious; subconscious mind, subconscious |
| Broader | cognition, knowledge, noesis |
| Meaning | A person who is in charge. |
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| Examples | "the head of the whole operation" |
| Synonyms | chief, top dog |
| Narrower | administrator, executive; administrator, decision maker; capo; department head; don, father; general, superior general; general manager; grand dragon; head of household; secretary |
| Broader | leader |
| Verbs | head; head |
| Meaning | The front of a military formation or procession. |
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| Examples | "the head of the column advanced boldly"; "they were at the head of the attack" |
| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine |
| Broader | formation |
| Contrary | rear |
| Verbs | head; head; head; head |
| Meaning | The pressure exerted by a fluid. |
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| Examples | "a head of steam" |
| Broader | pressure, pressure level, force per unit area |
| Meaning | The top of something. |
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| Examples | "the head of the stairs"; "the head of the page"; "the head of the list" |
| Broader | top |
| Contrary | foot |
| Verbs | head |
| Meaning | The source of water from which a stream arises. |
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| Examples | "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream" |
| Synonyms | fountainhead, headspring |
| Broader | beginning, origin, root, rootage, source |
| Meaning | (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent. |
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| Synonyms | head word |
| Category | grammar |
| Broader | word |
| Meaning | The tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates). |
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| Part of | abscess |
| Broader | point, tip, peak |
| Meaning | The length or height based on the size of a human or animal head. |
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| Examples | "he is two heads taller than his little sister"; "his horse won by a head" |
| Broader | linear unit |
| Meaning | A dense clusters of flowers or foliage. |
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| Examples | "a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce" |
| Synonyms | capitulum |
| Broader | plant organ |
| Meaning | The educator who has executive authority for a school. |
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| Synonyms | principal, school principal, head teacher |
| Narrower | chancellor; headmaster, schoolmaster, master; headmistress |
| Broader | educator, pedagogue |
| Meaning | An individual person. |
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| Examples | "tickets are $5 per head" |
| Broader | individual |
| Meaning | A user of (usually soft) drugs. |
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| Examples | "the office was full of secret heads" |
| Narrower | acid head; hash head; pill head; pothead |
| Broader | drug user, substance abuser, user |
| Usage | colloquialism |
| Meaning | A rounded compact mass. |
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| Examples | "the head of a comet" |
| Broader | object, physical object |
| Meaning | The foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container. |
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| Examples | "the beer had a large head of foam" |
| Broader | foam, froth |
| Meaning | The part in the front or nearest the viewer. |
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| Examples | "he was at the head of the column" |
| Synonyms | forefront |
| Broader | front, front end, forepart |
| Verbs | head; head; head; head; head |
| Meaning | A difficult juncture. |
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| Examples | "matters came to a head yesterday" |
| Synonyms | pass, straits |
| Broader | juncture, occasion |
| Meaning | Forward movement. |
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| Examples | "the ship made little headway against the gale" |
| Synonyms | headway |
| Broader | progress, progression, advance |
| Verbs | head; head; head |
| Meaning | A V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer. |
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| Synonyms | point |
| Part of | arrow, pointer |
| Broader | mark |
| Meaning | The subject matter at issue. |
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| Examples | "under the head of minor Roman poets" |
| Synonyms | question |
| Narrower | problem; question of fact, matter of fact; question of law, matter of law |
| Broader | subject, topic, theme |
| Meaning | A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about. |
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| Examples | "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text" |
| Synonyms | heading, header |
| Narrower | crossheading, crosshead; headline, newspaper headline; lemma; rubric; running head, running headline; subheading, subhead; title, statute title, rubric |
| Broader | line |
| Meaning | The rounded end of a bone that bits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint. |
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| Examples | "the head of the humerus" |
| Broader | structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure |
| Meaning | That part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves. |
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| Part of | skeletal muscle, striated muscle |
| Broader | structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure |
| Meaning | (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk. |
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| Synonyms | read/write head |
| Category | computer science, computing |
| Broader | coil |
| Meaning | (usually plural) an obverse side of a coin that bears the representation of a person's head. |
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| Examples | "call heads or tails!" |
| Part of | coin |
| Broader | obverse |
| Contrary | tail |
| Usage | plural, plural form |
| Meaning | The striking part of a tool. |
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| Examples | "the head of the hammer" |
| Part of | hammer; ram |
| Parts | face |
| Narrower | golf-club head, club head, club-head, clubhead; hammerhead |
| Broader | striker |
| Meaning | (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship. |
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| Broader | toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroom |
| Meaning | A projection out from one end. |
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| Examples | "the head of the nail", "a pinhead is the head of a pin" |
| Part of | bolt; nail; pin; screw |
| Narrower | pinhead |
| Broader | projection |
| Meaning | A membrane that is stretched taut over a drum. |
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| Synonyms | drumhead |
| Part of | drum, membranophone, tympan |
| Broader | membrane |
| Meaning | Oral-genital stimulation. |
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| Examples | "they say he gives good head" |
| Synonyms | oral sex |
| Narrower | cunnilingus, cunnilinctus; fellatio, fellation; soixante-neuf, sixty-nine |
| Broader | perversion, sexual perversion |
| Meaning | To go or travel towards. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
| Model | They head up the hill |
| Examples | "where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains" |
| Narrower | take, make |
| Broader | proceed, go forward, continue |
| Nouns | head; heading; head; head |
| Meaning | Be in charge of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "Who is heading this project?" |
| Synonyms | lead |
| Narrower | chair, chairman; captain; spearhead; take hold, take charge, take control |
| Broader | direct |
| Nouns | head |
| Meaning | Travel in front of. Go in advance of others. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "The procession was headed by John" |
| Synonyms | lead |
| Narrower | draw away |
| Broader | precede, lead |
| Similar to | head, head up |
| Nouns | head; head; head |
| Meaning | Be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "This student heads the class" |
| Synonyms | head up |
| Broader | be |
| Similar to | lead, head |
| Nouns | head; head; head |
| Meaning | Direct the course. Determine the direction of travelling. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Synonyms | steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, guide, channelize, channelise |
| Category | driving |
| Narrower | dock; sheer; pull over; crab; navigate; stand out; starboard; conn; navigate, pilot; channel, canalize, canalise; corner; park |
| Broader | control, command |
| Nouns | head; heading; head; head |
| Meaning | Take its rise. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP |
| Examples | "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas" |
| Broader | originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow |
| Meaning | Be in the front of or on top of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The list was headed by the name of the president" |
| Narrower | surmount; crown |
| Broader | lie |
| Nouns | head; heading, header; head |
| Meaning | Form a head or come or grow to a head. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Examples | "The wheat headed early this year" |
| Broader | form, take form, take shape, spring |
| Meaning | Remove the head of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "head the fish" |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw |