Definitions

head

[hed] / hɛd /

ADJECTIVE

most important; chief

Synonyms

STRONG

arch champion first front leading main pioneer premier prime principal

WEAK

foremost highest preeminent stellar supreme topmost

Antonyms

STRONG

auxiliary extra final inferior last least minor secondary subordinate unimportant

WEAK

lower second trivial

NOUN

top part of an animate body

Synonyms

STRONGEST

brain skull

STRONG

attic belfry capitulum coconut cranium crown dome noggin noodle pate scalp thinker upstairs

WEAK

gray matter think tank top story upper story

Antonyms

WEAK

bottom conclusion end ending finish follower foot ignorance inability rear stupidity

NOUN

leader

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chief commander director executive manager officer superintendent

STRONG

President boss captain chieftain honcho principal supervisor

WEAK

commanding officer dominator lead-off person top dog

Antonyms

STRONGEST

employee

STRONG

worker

WEAK

bottom conclusion end ending finish follower foot ignorance inability rear stupidity

NOUN

top part

Synonyms

STRONG

apex banner beak bill cap cork crest crown heading headline height peak pitch point promontory streamer summit tip vertex

Antonyms

STRONG

base bottom nadir

WEAK

conclusion end ending finish follower foot ignorance inability rear stupidity

NOUN

front, beginning

Synonyms

STRONG

commencement fore forefront fountainhead origin rise source start van vanguard

WEAK

first place

Antonyms

STRONG

completion conclusion death effect end ending finish result stop

WEAK

bottom follower foot ignorance inability rear stupidity

NOUN

ability, intelligence

Synonyms

STRONGEST

mind

STRONG

aptitude aptness bent brains capacity faculty flair genius gift intellect knack mentality talent thought turn understanding

Antonyms

STRONG

inability incapacity incompetence ineptitude ineptness lack

WEAK

bottom conclusion end ending finish follower foot ignorance rear stupidity

NOUN

turning point

Synonyms

STRONG

acme climax conclusion crisis culmination end

Antonyms

STRONG

beginning commencement opening start

WEAK

bottom ending finish follower foot ignorance inability rear stupidity

VERB

manage, oversee

Synonyms

STRONGEST

command control direct guide lead run

STRONG

address dominate govern pioneer precede rule supervise

WEAK

be first be in charge go first hold sway over lead the way

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abandon follow misguide mislead neglect obey

STRONG

serve submit surrender yield

Example Sentences

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But if you don’t have a car, it would serve you well to head to the LAX/Metro Transit Center via the Metro C Line and Metro Micro.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

At least we can take comfort in the way the film went right over his head.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

But in his fifth tournament, Messi - having led Argentina to the 2014 final - turned his team's fate on its head.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Whatever number is in your head, you might want to add some millennia—because a trillion seconds ago was back in the Ice Age.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Silent, Perkins smiles, sharply spins, and, head high, marches away.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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