Term: head

head

(verb) /hed/

Similar to: lead; direct; guide; supervise; manage

Definition: to be in charge of a group or organization; or to move in a particular direction.

Translation: vadīt, būt priekšgalā, doties, virzīties

Examples:

“She was chosen to head the new research department.”

“If we leave now, we can head toward the city before the traffic starts.”

“Who is going to head the committee for the annual gala?”

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

head (noun)

the upper or anterior division of the animal body that contains the brain, the chief sense organs, and the mouth

a) the seat of the intellect - mind two heads are better than one

b) a person with respect to mental qualities - let wiser heads prevail

c) natural aptitude or talent - a good head for figures

d) mental or emotional control - poise a level head

e) - headache

the obverse of a coin - usually used in plural

a) - person individual count heads

b) one of a number (as of domestic animals)

a) the end that is upper or higher or opposite the foot - the head of the table head of a sail

b) the source of a stream

c) either end of something (as a drum) whose two ends need not be distinguished

as - director leader

a) - headmaster

b) one in charge of a division or department in an office or institution

a) - capitulum

b) the foliaged part of a plant especially when consisting of a compact mass of leaves or close fructification - a head of lettuce

a) the leading element of a military column or a procession

b) - headway

a) the uppermost extremity or projecting part of an object - top

b) the striking part of a weapon, tool, or implement

c) the rounded proximal end of a long bone (as the humerus)

d) the end of a muscle nearest the origin

e) the oval part of a printed musical note

10.

a) a body of water kept in reserve at a height , also the containing bank, dam, or wall

b) a mass of water in motion

11.

a) the difference in elevation between two points in a body of fluid

b) the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point expressible as this height , broadly pressure of a fluid

12.

a) the bow and adjacent parts of a ship

b) a ship's toilet , broadly - toilet

13.

the approximate length of the head of a horse - won by a head

14.

the place of leadership, honor, or command - at the head of her class

15.

a) (1) a word or series of words often in larger letters placed at the beginning of a passage or at the top of a page in order to introduce or categorize

(2) a separate part or topic

b) a portion of a page or sheet that is above the first line of printing

16.

the foam or scum that rises on a fermenting or effervescing liquid (as beer)

17.

a) the part of a boil, pimple, or abscess at which it is likely to break

b) culminating point of action - crisis events came to a head

18.

a) a part or attachment of a machine or machine tool containing a device (as a cutter or drill) , also the part of an apparatus that performs the chief function or a particular function

b) an electromagnet used as a transducer in magnetic recording for recording on, reading, or erasing a magnetic medium (as tape or a disk)

19.

an immediate constituent of a construction that can have the same grammatical function as the whole (as in “an old man”, “a very old man”, or “the man in the street”) - man

20.

a) one who uses a drug - often used in combination pothead

b) a devoted enthusiast - aficionado often used in combination computerhead

21.

often vulgar - fellatio cunnilingus usually used with give

head (adjective)

of, relating to, or intended for the head

- principal chief head cook

situated at the head

coming from in front - head sea

head (verb)

transitive verb

- behead

a) to put a head on fit a head to - head an arrow

b) to form the head or top of - tower headed by a spire

to act as leader or head to - head a revolt

a) to get in front of so as to hinder, stop, or turn back

b) to take a lead over (as a racehorse) - surpass

c) to pass (a stream) by going round above the source

a) to put something at the head of (as a list)

b) to stand as the first or leading member of - heads the list of heroes

to set the course of - head a ship northward

intransitive verb

to drive (as a soccer ball) with the head

to form a head - this cabbage heads early

to point or proceed in a certain direction - the fleet was heading out

to have a source - originate

Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus

head (adjective)

highest in rank or authority

SYNONYMS:

chief, commanding, first, foremost, high, lead, leading, preeminent, premier, presiding, primary, prime, principal, supereminent, supreme, top

RELATED WORDS:

high-level, senior; controlling, directing, managing, officiating, overseeing, regnant, reigning, ruling, supervisory; main, major, paramount, predominant, predominate, sovereign ( sovran); ascendant ( ascendent), dominant, grand, superior, topmost, upmost, upper, uppermost

in charge

NEAR ANTONYMS:

ancillary, inferior, last, less, lesser, lower, lowly, second, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary; assistant, assisting, coadjutor, deputy, junior, under

head (noun)

the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth

SYNONYMS:

bean, block, dome, mazard ( mazzard), nob, noddle, noggin, noodle, nut, pate, poll

RELATED WORDS:

cranium, crown, scalp, skull; occiput

head (noun)

the place of leadership or command

SYNONYMS:

chair, driver's seat, headship, helm, rein(s)

RELATED WORDS:

chieftainship, commandership, directorship; forefront, lead, vanguard; captainship, chairmanship, deanship, dictatorship, generalship, governorship, kingship, mastership, mastery, premiership, presidency, presidentship, superintendency; dominance, dominion, jurisdiction, sovereignty ( sovranty), sway, upper hand; eminence, height, pedestal, pinnacle, seat, throne, top

NEAR ANTONYMS:

ranks

head (noun)

a light mass of fine bubbles formed in or on a liquid

SYNONYMS:

froth, head, lather, spume, suds, surf

RELATED WORDS:

mousse; mist, spindrift, spray; scum

head (noun)

a member of the human race

SYNONYMS:

baby, being, bird, bod, body, character, cookie ( cooky), creature, customer, devil, duck, egg, face, fish, guy, head, human being, individual, life, man, mortal, party, person, personage, scout, slob, sort, soul, specimen, stiff, thing, wight

RELATED WORDS:

hominid, homo, humanoid; brother, fellow, fellowman, neighbor; celebrity, personality, self, somebody

NEAR ANTONYMS:

animal, beast, beastie, brute, critter

head (noun)

a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action

SYNONYMS:

boiling point, breaking point, clutch, conjuncture, crisis, crossroad(s), crunch, crunch time, Dunkirk, exigency, extremity, flash point, head, juncture, tinderbox, zero hour

RELATED WORDS:

contingency, possibility; climax, turning point; happening, landmark, milestone; condition, pass, situation, strait; deadlock, impasse, stalemate; corner, fix, hole, hot water, jam, last ditch, pinch, predicament, scrape, spot; eleventh hour, last minute

head (noun)

the beginning part of a stream

SYNONYMS:

head, headstream, source

RELATED WORDS:

fountain, fountainhead, geyser, headspring, hot spring, spring, wellspring; branch, feeder, tributary

head (noun)

the highest part or point

SYNONYMS:

acme, apex, apogee, capstone, climax, crescendo, crest, crown, culmination, head, high noon, high tide, high-water mark, meridian, ne plus ultra, noon, noontime, peak, pinnacle, sum, summit, tip-top, top, zenith

RELATED WORDS:

bloom, blossom, flood tide, flower, glory, heyday, prime; cap, ceiling, roof; extreme, extremity, tip, vertex; high, highlight, highspot

NEAR ANTONYMS:

abyss, base, foot; minimum

bottom, nadir, rock bottom

head (noun)

the normal or healthy condition of the mental abilities

SYNONYMS:

daylights, head, marbles, reason, saneness, sanity, wit(s)

RELATED WORDS:

rationality, reasonableness, sense; health, healthfulness, healthiness, wholesomeness; clearheadedness, lucidity, lucidness, normalcy, normality, soundness; wisdom

NEAR ANTONYMS:

delusion, hallucination; delirium, frenzy, hysteria

dementia, derangement, insanity, lunacy, madness, mania, unreason

head (noun)

the part of a person that feels, thinks, perceives, wills, and especially reasons

SYNONYMS:

brain, cerebrum, head, psyche, thinker

RELATED WORDS:

belfry, gray matter, intellect, intelligence, loaf [], noodle, reason, skull; acumen, alertness, astuteness, brilliance, insight, judgment ( judgement), mentality, perception, perspicacity, sagacity, sapience, wisdom, wit; awareness, cognizance, consciousness, self-awareness, self-consciousness

head (noun)

10.

the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do

SYNONYMS:

boss man, captain, chief, foreman, head, headman, helmsman, honcho, jefe, kingpin, leader, master, taskmaster

RELATED WORDS:

directress, mistress; administrator, commander, director, executive, general, governor, hierarch, higher-up; leadman, manager, overseer, principal, skipper, standard-bearer, steward, straw boss, superintendent, superior, supervisor; dominator, lord, overlord, potentate, ruler, sovereign ( sovran); figurehead; slave driver; baron, czar ( tsar tzar), king, magnate, mogul, president, prince; big cheese, big gun, bigwig, top dog, top gun; cohead, coleader; employer, gaffer [], ganger []; micromanager; subchief, subdirector

NEAR ANTONYMS:

dependent, inferior, junior, secondary, subject, subordinate, underling

head (noun)

11.

a bank of earth constructed to control water

SYNONYMS:

dike, embankment, head, levee

RELATED WORDS:

breakwater, jetty, seawall; breastwork, bulwark, earthwork, rampart; canal, channel, ditch, gutter, trough; lock; barricade, barrier, block; floodgate, sluice; barrage, milldam, stank [], weir

head (noun)

12.

a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste

SYNONYMS:

bath, bathroom, bog, can, cloakroom, comfort station, convenience, head, john, latrine, lavatory, loo, potty, restroom, washroom, water closet

RELATED WORDS:

commode, pan [], pot; garderobe, jakes, outhouse, privy; half bath, powder room; ladies [], ladies' room, men's room

head (noun)

13.

a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally

SYNONYMS:

addict, dopehead, druggie ( druggy), fiend, freak, head, hophead, hype, junkie ( junky), stoner, user

RELATED WORDS:

acidhead, cokehead, crackhead, pothead, speed freak; burnout

nonaddict, nonuser

head (noun)

14.

a person with a strong and habitual liking for something

SYNONYMS:

addict, aficionado ( afficionado), buff, bug, devotee, enthusiast, fanatic, fancier, fiend, fool, freak, habitué ( habitue), head, hound, junkie ( junky), lover, maniac, maven ( mavin), nut, sucker

RELATED WORDS:

groupie; admirer, amateur, collector, connoisseur, dilettante; authority, expert; adherent, convert, cultist, disciple, follower, hanger-on, votary; advocate, apostle, backer, champion, evangelist, exponent, friend, patron, promoter, proponent, supporter; partisan ( partizan), zealot; booster, rooter, well-wisher; faddist

NEAR ANTONYMS:

nonadmirer; belittler, carper, critic, detractor

nonfan

head (noun)

15.

a word or series of words often in larger letters placed at the beginning of a passage or at the top of a page in order to introduce or categorize

SYNONYMS:

caption, head, header, headline, rubric, title

RELATED WORDS:

banner, streamer; catch word, guide word, running head; greeting, salutation; superscript, superscription; subhead, subheading, subtitle

head (noun)

16.

a special and usually inborn ability

SYNONYMS:

aptitude, bent, endowment, faculty, flair, genius, gift, head, knack

RELATED WORDS:

affinity, bias, disposition, habitude, impulse, inclination, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency, turn; ear, eye, mind, nose; feel, hang, instinct, touch, way; capability, competence, facility, proficiency, skill; capacity, potential, power; forte, specialism, speciality, specialty

NEAR ANTONYMS:

disability, handicap, inability, incapacity; shortcoming, weakness

head (verb)

to go on a specified course or in a certain direction

SYNONYMS:

bear, make

RELATED WORDS:

aim, bend, direct, point, turn; beeline, light out, put, put out, set off, set out, strike, take off; face, orient, steer; about-face, back, come about, come round, cut, incline, put about, reverse, swerve, tack, turn back, veer, wheel, yaw

head (verb)

to be at the front of

SYNONYMS:

head

RELATED WORDS:

precede; announce, herald; accompany, attend, escort, usher

NEAR ANTONYMS:

conclude, end, finish, stop, terminate; tail, tailgate; dog, follow, trail

head (verb)

to be in charge of

SYNONYMS:

captain, handle, head, overlook, oversee, quarterback, superintend, supervise

RELATED WORDS:

administer, command, control, direct, guide, manage, order, run, shepherd, show, steer; monitor, preside (over); govern, reign, rule

head (verb)

to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction

SYNONYMS:

bear, extend, go, head, lead, lie

RELATED WORDS:

cross, cut, pass; course, follow, span, traverse

head (verb)

to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal

SYNONYMS:

bend, cast, direct, head, hold, level, pinpoint, set, train

RELATED WORDS:

sight; bear, face; concentrate, focus; incline, orient, steer

NEAR ANTONYMS:

avert, curve, deflect, detour, divert, rechannel, shunt, sidetrack

head (verb)

to serve as leader of

SYNONYMS:

boss, captain, command, head, spearhead

RELATED WORDS:

control, dominate; direct, govern, handle, manage, oversee, regulate, run, superintend, supervise

NEAR ANTONYMS:

bow (to), comply (with), defer (to), follow, obey, serve, submit (to), yield (to)

head (verb)

to cut off the head of

SYNONYMS:

behead, guillotine, head

RELATED WORDS:

decollate; prune, shorten, trim; scalp

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