headship

head·ship

noun \-ˌship\

Definition of HEADSHIP

: the position, office, or dignity of a head

Examples of HEADSHIP

1. <while he was in the hospital, the CEO had his most trusted lieutenant assume temporary headship of the firm>
2. <the person at the headship of the firm will face daunting challenges, given the current state of the economy>

First Known Use of HEADSHIP

1582

Related to HEADSHIP

Synonyms

care, charge, guidance, supervision, oversight, regulation, stewardship, superintendence, superintendency, surveillance

Related Words

monitoring, observance, observation, observing, policing; administration, control, direction, generalship, hand(s), management, running; leadership, piloting, shepherding, steering; government, reign, rule; aegis (also egis), auspices, guardianship, protection, trusteeship, tutelage

Near Antonyms

ranks

Rhymes with HEADSHIP

airship, airstrip, atrip, backflip, blue-chip, call slip, catnip, chiefship, cleft lip, clerkship, corn chip, courtship, cowslip, deanship, death grip, drag strip, dress ship, ear clip, equip, felt-tip, fieldstrip, field trip, filmstrip, fireship, flagship, foul tip, friendship, frostnip, guildship, guilt-trip, gunship, half-slip, handgrip, hardship, harelip, horsewhip, inclip, judgeship, jump ship, kingship, kinship, landslip, let rip, lightship, longship, lordship, Mendip, nonslip, outstrip, oxlip, palship, pink slip, pip-pip, princeship, Q-ship, queenship, roach clip, road trip, rose hip, round-trip, saintship, sales slip, sea whip, sideslip, spaceship, starship, steamship, storeship, strike-slip, take ship, tall ship, thaneship, township, transship, troopship, unship, unzip, V-chip, wardship, warship, white chip, wing tip