-head
suffix
[ hɛd ]
• equivalent to -hood.
• "maidenhead"
Origin:
Middle English -hed, -hede .
-head
suffix
• denoting the front, forward, or upper part or end of a specified thing.
• "spearhead"
• forming informal nouns expressing disparagement of a person.
• "airhead"
• forming informal nouns denoting an addict or habitual user of a specified drug.
• "crackhead"
head
noun
• the upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs.
• a thing resembling a head either in form or in relation to a whole.
• the front, forward, or upper part or end of something.
• a person in charge of something; a director or leader.
• "the head of the Dutch Catholic Church"
Similar:
leader,
chief,
boss,
controller,
master,
supervisor,
governor,
superintendent,
foreman,
forewoman,
headman,
commander,
commanding officer,
captain,
director,
managing director,
chief executive,
manager,
principal,
head teacher,
headmaster,
headmistress,
president,
premier,
prime minister,
ruler,
chair,
chairman,
chairwoman,
chairperson,
chief executive officer,
CEO,
boss man,
kingpin,
top dog,
big cheese,
bigwig,
Mr Big,
skipper,
gaffer,
guv'nor,
numero uno,
head honcho,
padrone,
sachem,
big white chief,
big kahuna,
big wheel,
high muckamuck,
• a person considered as a numerical unit.
• "they paid fifty pounds a head"
• a component in an audio, video, or information system by which information is transferred from an electrical signal to the recording medium, or vice versa.
• a body of water kept at a particular height in order to provide a supply at sufficient pressure.
• "an 8 m head of water in the shafts"
• a toilet on a ship or boat.
• "they were cleaning out the heads"
• the word that governs all the other words in a phrase in which it is used, having the same grammatical function as the whole phrase.
• a superficial deposit of rock fragments, formed at the edge of an ice sheet by repeated freezing and thawing and then moved downhill.
• a group of pheasants.
• "it is easy to get up a head of pheasants with the aid of good keepers"
head
adjective
• chief; principal.
• "the head waiter"
Similar:
chief,
principal,
leading,
main,
first,
front,
prime,
premier,
foremost,
top,
topmost,
highest,
supreme,
pre-eminent,
high-ranking,
top-ranking,
most important,
ranking,
top-notch,
head
verb
• be in the leading position on.
• "the St George's Day procession was headed by the mayor"
Similar:
be at the front of,
lead,
be the leader of,
be at the head of,
be first,
go first,
lead the way,
Opposite:
be at the back of,
bring up the rear of,
• give a title or caption to.
• "an article headed ‘The Protection of Human Life’"
• move in a specified direction.
• "he was heading for the exit"
Similar:
move towards,
go towards,
make for,
aim for,
make one's way towards,
go in the direction of,
direct one's steps towards,
be bound for,
steer for,
make a beeline for,
set out in the direction of,
set out for,
start out for,
Opposite:
move away from,
• shoot or pass (the ball) with the head.
• "a corner kick that Moody headed into the net"
• lop off the upper part or branches of (a plant or tree).
• "the willow is headed every three or four years"
• (of a lettuce or cabbage) form a head.
Origin:
Old English hēafod, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoofd and German Haupt .
