Head

noun
hɛd

Noun

  • a dense cluster of flowers or foliage

    a head of cauliflower

    a head of lettuce

    Similar:Capitulum
  • a person who is in charge

    the head of the whole operation

    Similar:Chief
    Type of:Leader
  • that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason

    I couldn't get his words out of my head

    Similar:BrainMindNousPsyche
    Type of:CognitionKnowledgeNoesis
  • the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

    he stuck his head out the window

    Similar:Caput
  • the part in the front or nearest the viewer

    he was at the head of the column

    Similar:Forefront
    Type of:ForepartFront
  • a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about

    the heading seemed to have little to do with the text

    Type of:Line
  • a difficult juncture

    matters came to a head yesterday

    Similar:PassStraits
    Type of:OccasionJuncture
  • forward movement

    the ship made little headway against the gale

    Similar:Headway
    Type of:ProgressAdvanceProgression
  • oral stimulation of the genitals

    they say he gives good head

    Type of:Perversion
  • the subject matter at issue

    under the head of minor Roman poets

    Similar:Question
    Type of:SubjectTopicTheme
  • the source of water from which a stream arises

    they tracked him back toward the head of the stream

    Similar:FountainheadHeadspring
    Type of:RootageBeginningOrigin
  • a projection out from one end

    the head of the nail

    a pinhead is the head of a pin

    Type of:Projection
  • the front of a military formation or procession

    the head of the column advanced boldly

    they were at the head of the attack

    Type of:Formation
  • the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head

    he is two heads taller than his little sister

    his horse won by a head

  • the top of something

    the head of the stairs

    the head of the page

    the head of the list

    Type of:Top
  • an individual person

    tickets are $5 per head

    Type of:Individual
  • a rounded compact mass

    the head of a comet

    Type of:Object
  • a single domestic animal

    200 head of cattle

  • a user of (usually soft) drugs

    the office was full of secret heads

    Type of:User
  • the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container

    the beer had a large head of foam

    Type of:FoamFroth
  • the pressure exerted by a fluid

    a head of steam

    Type of:Pressure
  • the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint

    the head of the humerus

    Type of:Structure
  • the striking part of a tool

    the head of the hammer

    Type of:Striker
  • (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head

    call heads or tails!

    Type of:Obverse
  • (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk

    Type of:Coil
  • the educator who has executive authority for a school

    Similar:Principal
    Type of:PedagogueEducatorPedagog
  • a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer

    Similar:Point
    Type of:Mark
  • a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

    Similar:ForelandHeadlandPromontory
    Type of:Elevation
  • (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

    Type of:Word
  • a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum

    Similar:Drumhead
    Type of:Membrane
  • (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship

    Type of:ToiletBathroomCan
  • that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves

    Type of:Structure
  • the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)

    Type of:TipPointPeak

Verb

  • be in charge of

    Who is heading this project?

    Similar:Lead
    Type of:Direct
  • be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel

    This student heads the class

    Type of:Be
  • travel in front of; go in advance of others

    The procession was headed by John

    Similar:Lead
    Type of:PrecedeLead
  • to go or travel towards

    where is she heading

    We were headed for the mountains

    Type of:ProceedContinue
  • be in the front of or on top of

    The list was headed by the name of the president

    Type of:Lie
  • form a head or come or grow to a head

    The wheat headed early this year

    Type of:Form
  • remove the head of

    head the fish

    Type of:WithdrawRemoveTake
  • take its rise

    These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas

    Type of:AriseOriginateRise
  • direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

    Similar:ChanneliseChannelizeDirectGuideManeuver
    Type of:ControlCommand

Dictionary Validity

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Collins Scrabble Words (CSW21)
Scrabble UK
ENABLE Dictionary
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North American Scrabble (NWL2020)
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