headed

adjective

head·​ed ˈhe-dəd 

1

: having a head or a heading

2

: having a head or heads of a specified kind or number

—used in combination

became light-headed from the fever

a roundheaded screw

Examples of headed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At the time the two co-headed Viejas Entertainment and booked Viejas Concerts in the Park, Humphrey’s biggest competitor. —George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026

Groggy, foggy-headed, dragging through the afternoon? —Hunter Boyce, AJC.com, 11 Feb. 2026

That definition more-or-less correlates with what Opta considers ‘headed clearances’. —Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026

King left Chamonix disappointed, and also clear-headed. —Andy Wacker, Outside, 14 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing headed

• brown-headed cowbird
• empty-headed
• hydra-headed
• light-headed
• lunk-headed
• spiny-headed worm
• tender-headed
• white-headed
• woolly-headed

Rhymes for headed

• bedded
• breaded
• dreaded
• leaded
• shredded
• threaded
• wedded
• bareheaded
• beheaded
• embedded
• hardheaded
• homesteaded

Kids Definition

headed

adjective

head·​ed ˈhed-əd 

: having such a head or so many heads

curly-headed

two-headed ax