Head definition

Head as a noun

1. 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"

   Same sense: caput

2. a single domestic animal

   "200 head of cattle"

3. 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"

   Same sense: mind, brain, psyche, nous

4. a person who is in charge

   "the head of the whole operation"

   Same sense: chief, top dog

5. the front of a military formation or procession

   "the head of the column advanced boldly"

6. the pressure exerted by a fluid

   "a head of steam"

7. the top of something

   "the head of the stairs"

8. the source of water from which a stream arises

   "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream"

   Same sense: fountainhead, headspring

9. (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

   Same sense: head word

10. the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)

11. the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head

    "he is two heads taller than his little sister"

12. a dense cluster of flowers or foliage

    "a head of cauliflower"

    Same sense: capitulum

13. the educator who has executive authority for a school

    Same sense: head teacher, principal, school principal

14. an individual person

    "tickets are $5 per head"

15. a user of (usually soft) drugs

    "the office was full of secret heads"

16. a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

    Same sense: promontory, headland, foreland

17. a rounded compact mass

    "the head of a comet"

18. 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"

19. the part in the front or nearest the viewer

    "he was at the head of the column"

    Same sense: forefront

20. a difficult juncture

    "matters came to a head yesterday"

    Same sense: pass, straits

21. forward movement

    "the ship made little headway against the gale"

    Same sense: headway

22. a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer

    Same sense: point

23. the subject matter at issue

    "under the head of minor Roman poets"

    Same sense: question

24. 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"

    Same sense: heading, header

25. the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint

    "the head of the humerus"

26. that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves

27. (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk

28. (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head

    "call heads or tails!"

29. the striking part of a tool

    "the head of the hammer"

30. (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship

31. a projection out from one end

    "the head of the nail"

32. a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum

    Same sense: drumhead

33. oral stimulation of the genitals

    "they say he gives good head"

    Same sense: oral sex

Head as a verb

34. to go or travel towards

    "where is she heading?"

35. be in charge of

    "Who is heading this project?"

    Same sense: lead

36. travel in front of; go in advance of others

    "The procession was headed by John"

    Same sense: lead

37. be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel

    "This student heads the class"

    Same sense: head up

38. direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

    Same sense: point, direct, guide, steer, maneuver, manoeuvre, manoeuver, channelize

39. take its rise

    "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"

40. be in the front of or on top of

    "The list was headed by the name of the president"

41. form a head or come or grow to a head

    "The wheat headed early this year"

42. remove the head of

    "head the fish"

Synonyms and antonyms

• caput
• mind definition
• brain
• psyche
• nous
• chief definition
• top dog
• fountainhead
• headspring
• head word
• capitulum
• head teacher
• principal
• school principal
• promontory
• headland
• foreland
• forefront
• pass
• straits
• headway
• point definition
• question definition
• heading

Opposites: rear, foot, tail.

All synonyms of head, sense by sense

How to say head

Head has 1 syllable and rhymes with said. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with head

• said
• read
• red
• instead
• lead
• dead
• led
• bed
• ahead
• spread
• ed
• fed

HEAD in word games

Scrabble

8

Words With Friends

7

Anagrams

2

Is HEAD a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check HEAD in the word checker, or unscramble HEAD to see its 2 anagrams and the shorter words in its letters.