head - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

oral stimulation of the genitals

Synonyms

• head
• oral sex

More generic

• perversion
• sexual perversion

More specific

• cunnilinctus
• cunnilingus
• fellatio
• fellation
• sixty-nine
• soixante-neuf

Noun

a single domestic animal

Synonyms

• head

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• domestic animal
• domesticated animal

Noun

a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum

Synonyms

• drumhead
• head

More generic

• membrane

Related

• drum
• membranophone
• tympan

Noun

a projection out from one end

Synonyms

• head

More generic

• projection

More specific

• pinhead

Related

• bolt
• nail
• pin
• screw

Noun

(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship

Synonyms

• head

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• bathroom
• can
• john
• lav
• lavatory
• privy
• toilet

Noun

the striking part of a tool

Synonyms

• head

More generic

• striker

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• club head
• club-head
• clubhead
• golf-club head
• hammerhead

Related

• face

Related

• hammer
• ram

Noun

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

Synonyms

• head

More generic

• obverse

Opposite / Antonyms

• tail

Related

• coin

Noun

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

Synonyms

• head
• read/write head

More generic

• coil

Noun

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

Synonyms

• head

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• anatomical structure
• bodily structure
• body structure
• complex body part
• structure

Related

• skeletal muscle
• striated muscle

Noun

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

Synonyms

• caput
• head

More generic

• external body part

More specific

• human head

Related

• arteria basilaris
• basilar artery
• brain
• ear
• encephalon
• face
• human face
• muzzle
• skull
• temple

Related

• animal
• animate being
• beast
• body
• brute
• creature
• fauna
• organic structure

Noun

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

Synonyms

• head

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• anatomical structure
• bodily structure
• body structure
• complex body part
• structure

Noun

that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason

Synonyms

• brain
• head
• mind
• nous
• psyche

More generic

• cognition
• knowledge
• noesis

More specific

• ego
• noddle
• subconscious
• subconscious mind
• tabula rasa
• unconscious
• unconscious mind

Noun

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

Synonyms

• head
• head word

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• word

Noun

a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about

Synonyms

• head
• header
• heading

More generic

• line

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• crosshead
• crossheading
• headline
• lemma
• newspaper headline
• rubric
• running head
• running headline
• statute title
• subhead
• subheading
• title

Noun

the subject matter at issue

Synonyms

• head
• question

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• subject
• theme
• topic

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• matter of fact
• matter of law
• problem
• question of fact
• question of law

Noun

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

Synonyms

• head
• point

More generic

• mark

Related

• arrow
• pointer

Noun

forward movement

Synonyms

• head
• headway

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• advance
• progress
• progression

Noun

a difficult juncture

Synonyms

• head
• pass
• straits

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• juncture
• occasion

Noun

the front of a military formation or procession

Synonyms

• head

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• formation

Opposite / Antonyms

• rear

Noun

the source of water from which a stream arises

Synonyms

• fountainhead
• head
• headspring

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• beginning
• origin
• root
• rootage
• source

Noun

the part in the front or nearest the viewer

Synonyms

• forefront
• head

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• forepart
• front
• front end

Noun

the top of something

Synonyms

• head

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• top

Opposite / Antonyms

• foot

Noun

the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container

Synonyms

• head

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• foam
• froth

Noun

a rounded compact mass

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• head

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• object
• physical object

Noun

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

Synonyms

• foreland
• head
• headland
• promontory

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• elevation
• natural elevation

More specific

• mull
• point

Noun

a user of (usually soft) drugs

Synonyms

• head

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• drug user
• substance abuser
• user

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• acid head
• hash head
• pill head
• pothead

Noun

a person who is in charge

Synonyms

• chief
• head
• top dog

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• leader

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• administrator
• capo
• decision maker
• department head
• don
• executive
• father
• general
• general manager
• grand dragon
• head of household
• secretary
• superior general

Noun

an individual person

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• head

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• individual

Noun

the educator who has executive authority for a school

Synonyms

• head
• head teacher
• principal
• school principal

More generic

• educator
• pedagog
• pedagogue

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• chancellor
• headmaster
• headmistress
• master
• schoolmaster

Noun

the pressure exerted by a fluid

Synonyms

• head

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• force per unit area
• pressure
• pressure level

Noun

a dense cluster of flowers or foliage

Synonyms

• capitulum
• head

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• plant organ

Noun

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

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• head

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• linear measure
• linear unit

Noun

the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)

Synonyms

• head

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• peak
• point
• tip

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• abscess

Verb

remove the head of

Synonyms

• head

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• remove
• take
• take away
• withdraw

Verb

direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

Synonyms

• channelise
• channelize
• direct
• guide
• head
• maneuver
• manoeuver
• manoeuvre
• point
• steer

More generic

• command
• control

More specific

• channel
• conn
• corner
• crab
• dock
• helm
• navigate
• park
• pilot
• pull over
• sheer
• stand out
• starboard
• tree

Verb

to go or travel towards

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• head

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• continue
• go forward
• proceed

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• make
• take

Verb

travel in front of; go in advance of others

Synonyms

• head
• lead

More generic

• lead
• precede

More specific

• draw away

Related

• head
• head up

Verb

be in charge of

Synonyms

• head
• lead

More generic

• direct

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• captain
• chair
• chairman
• spearhead
• take charge
• take control
• take hold

Verb

form a head or come or grow to a head

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• head

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• form

Verb

be in the front of or on top of

Synonyms

• head

More generic

• lie

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• crown
• surmount

Verb

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

Synonyms

• head
• head up

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• be

Related

• head
• lead

Verb

take its rise

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• head

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• arise
• develop
• grow
• originate
• rise
• spring up
• uprise

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