Definition of head

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• head is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
• head is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
• head is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7

Definition of head

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

  Synonyms

  1. read/write head
• be in charge of (verb)

  Examples

  1. Who is heading this project?

  Synonyms

  1. lead
• a person who is in charge (noun)

  Examples

  1. the head of the whole operation

  Synonyms

  1. chief
  2. top dog
• that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason (noun)

  Examples

  1. I couldn't get his words out of my head

  Synonyms

  1. brain
  2. mind
  3. nous
  4. psyche
• be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel (verb)

  Examples

  1. This student heads the class

  Synonyms

  1. head up
• the educator who has executive authority for a school (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. head teacher
  2. principal
  3. school principal
• the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains (noun)

  Examples

  1. he stuck his head out the window

  Synonyms

  1. caput
• travel in front of; go in advance of others (verb)

  Examples

  1. The procession was headed by John

  Synonyms

  1. lead
• the part in the front or nearest the viewer (noun)

  Examples

  1. he was at the head of the column

  Synonyms

  1. forefront
• a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about (noun)

  Examples

  1. the heading seemed to have little to do with the text

  Synonyms

  1. header
  2. heading
• a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. point
• a difficult juncture (noun)

  Examples

  1. matters came to a head yesterday

  Synonyms

  1. pass
  2. straits
• forward movement (noun)

  Examples

  1. the ship made little headway against the gale

  Synonyms

  1. headway
• oral stimulation of the genitals (noun)

  Examples

  1. they say he gives good head

  Synonyms

  1. oral sex
• a dense cluster of flowers or foliage (noun)

  Examples

  1. a head of cauliflower
  2. a head of lettuce

  Synonyms

  1. capitulum
• the subject matter at issue (noun)

  Examples

  1. under the head of minor Roman poets

  Synonyms

  1. question
• direct the course; determine the direction of travelling (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. channelise
  2. channelize
  3. direct
  4. guide
  5. maneuver
  6. manoeuver
  7. manoeuvre
  8. point
  9. steer
• the source of water from which a stream arises (noun)

  Examples

  1. they tracked him back toward the head of the stream

  Synonyms

  1. fountainhead
  2. headspring
• a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. foreland
  2. headland
  3. promontory
• (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. head word
• a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. drumhead
• an individual person (noun)

  Examples

  1. tickets are $5 per head
• a projection out from one end (noun)

  Examples

  1. the head of the nail
  2. a pinhead is the head of a pin
• a rounded compact mass (noun)

  Examples

  1. the head of a comet
• a single domestic animal (noun)

  Examples

  1. 200 head of cattle
• a user of (usually soft) drugs (noun)

  Examples

  1. the office was full of secret heads
• be in the front of or on top of (verb)

  Examples

  1. The list was headed by the name of the president
• form a head or come or grow to a head (verb)

  Examples

  1. The wheat headed early this year
• (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship (noun)
• remove the head of (verb)

  Examples

  1. head the fish
• take its rise (verb)

  Examples

  1. These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas
• that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves (noun)
• the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container (noun)

  Examples

  1. the beer had a large head of foam
• the front of a military formation or procession (noun)

  Examples

  1. the head of the column advanced boldly
  2. they were at the head of the attack
• the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head (noun)

  Examples

  1. he is two heads taller than his little sister
  2. his horse won by a head
• the pressure exerted by a fluid (noun)

  Examples

  1. a head of steam
• the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint (noun)

  Examples

  1. the head of the humerus
• the striking part of a tool (noun)

  Examples

  1. the head of the hammer
• the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates) (noun)
• the top of something (noun)

  Examples

  1. the head of the stairs
  2. the head of the page
  3. the head of the list
• to go or travel towards (verb)

  Examples

  1. where is she heading
  2. We were headed for the mountains
• (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head (noun)

  Examples

  1. call heads or tails!

See definition of head in Merriam Webster