Related Words for like a hole in the head

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abyss
x/
Noun
accommodation
xxx/x
Noun
accord
x/
Noun, Verb
accountable
x/xx
Adjective
ace
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
ache
/
Noun, Verb
address
/x
Noun, Verb
administrator
x/xxx
Noun
admire
x/
Verb, Noun
adore
x/
Verb
affection
x/x
Noun, Verb
affirmatively
x/xxx
Adverb
ahead
x/
Adverb
air
/
Noun, Verb
akin
x/
Adjective, Noun
ala
/x
Name
alike
x/
Adverb, Adjective
along
x/
Adverb
alongside
x//
Adverb
an
/
Noun
analogous
x/xx
Adjective
analogue
/xx
Noun, Adjective
animal
/xx
Noun, Adjective
antlers
/x
Noun
aperture
/xx
Noun
apex
/x
Noun
apple
/x
Noun, Verb
appliance
x/x
Noun
appreciate
x/xx
Verb
arch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
arid
/x
Adjective
as
/
Adverb, Noun
ask
/
Verb, Noun
assimilated
x/xxx
Verb
asymmetrical
xx/xx
Adjective
atom
/x
Noun
attached
x/
Adjective
auger
/x
Noun, Verb
authority
x/xx
Noun
average
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
bag
/
Noun, Verb
ball
/
Noun, Verb
basket
/x
Noun, Verb
bathroom
/x
Noun, Verb
bean
/
Noun, Verb
beard
/
Noun, Verb
because
x/
Adverb
beheading
x/x
Noun
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
believe
x/
Verb
belly
/x
Noun, Verb
beloved
x/
Adjective, Noun
bet
/
Verb, Noun
bin
/
Noun, Verb
blemish
/x
Noun, Verb
body
/x
Noun, Verb
bog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bolt
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
bonnet
/x
Noun, Verb
bore
/
Verb, Noun
borehole
/x
Noun, Verb
boss
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bossy
/x
Noun, Adjective
box
/
Noun, Verb
brain
/
Noun, Verb
breach
/
Noun, Verb
breadwinner
/xx
Noun
breast
/
Noun, Verb
breccia
/x
Noun
bridgehead
/x
Noun
brig
/
Noun, Verb
broadside
/x
Noun, Adverb, Verb
brows
/
Noun
bucket
/x
Noun, Verb
bullet
/x
Noun, Verb
burrow
/x
Noun, Verb
butt
/
Noun, Verb
button
/x
Noun, Verb
buttonhole
/xx
Noun, Verb
cabeza
x/x
Noun
cage
/
Noun, Verb
call
/
Verb, Noun
cape
/
Noun, Verb
capita
/xx
Noun
capitation
xx/x
Noun
capo
/x
Noun
captain
/x
Noun, Verb
caput
x/
Noun
care
/
Noun, Verb
care for
//
Phrase, Verb
carmine
/x
Noun, Adjective
carpet
/x
Noun, Verb
causing
/x
Noun
cave
/
Noun, Verb
cavity
/xx
Noun
central
/x
Adjective, Noun
ceo
/x/
Name, Verb
cephalic
/xx
Adjective
chair
/
Noun, Verb
chairman
/x
Noun, Verb
chairperson
/xx
Noun
chairwoman
/xx
Noun
chancellor
/xx
Noun
changeable
/xx
Adjective
channel
/x
Noun, Verb
chap
/
Noun, Verb
chapter
/x
Noun, Verb
characteristic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
charge
/
Noun, Verb
chasm
/x
Noun
chef
/
Noun, Verb
chest
/
Noun, Verb
chief
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
chieftain
/x
Noun
chieftaincy
/xx
Noun
chimney
/x
Noun, Verb
chink
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
chute
/
Noun, Verb
circle
/x
Noun, Verb
clamp
/
Noun, Verb
cleft
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
clump
/
Noun, Verb
coach
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
come
/
Verb, Noun
command
x/
Noun, Verb
commandant
xx/
Noun
commander
x/x
Noun
commissioner
x/xx
Noun
como
/x
Noun
comparable
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
competent
/xx
Adjective
compressor
x/x
Noun
con
/
Noun, Verb
conduct
x/
Noun, Verb
conductor
x/x
Noun
conn
/
Noun, Verb
cook
/
Noun, Verb
corner
/x
Noun, Verb
corresponding
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
cotton
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
council
/x
Noun
count
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crane
/
Noun, Verb
cranial
/x
Adjective
cranium
/xx
Noun
crank
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cranny
/x
Noun, Verb
crate
/
Noun, Verb
crater
/x
Noun, Verb
crazy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
crown
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cum
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cup
/
Noun, Verb
curry
/x
Noun, Verb
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cylinder
/xx
Noun, Verb
cylindrical
x/xx
Adjective
dark
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
dawg
/
Noun
deadlock
/x
Noun, Verb
dean
/
Noun, Verb
dear
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
decapitation
xxx/x
Noun
decision maker
x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
deep
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
defect
/x
Noun, Verb
deficit
/xx
Noun
delocalized
x/xx
Adjective
dent
/
Noun, Verb
describable
x/xx
Adjective
device
x/
Noun
devoid
x/
Adjective, Verb
different
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
difficulty
/xxx
Noun
dig
/
Verb, Noun
dip
/
Noun, Verb
dipole
/x
Noun
direct
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
direction
x/x
Noun
director
x/x
Noun
directorate
x/xx
Noun
dirt
/
Noun, Verb
dislike
x/
Noun, Verb
dissimilar
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
distracted
x/x
Adjective
ditch
/
Noun, Verb
divide
x/
Verb, Noun
dock
/
Noun, Verb
doghouse
/x
Noun
dome
/
Noun, Verb
dong
/
Noun, Verb
doughnut
/x
Noun, Verb
drain
/
Verb, Noun
drill
/
Noun, Verb
droplet
/x
Noun
duck
/
Noun, Verb
dummy
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
dump
/
Noun, Verb
dungeon
/x
Noun, Verb
ear
/
Noun, Verb
editor
/xx
Noun
ego
/x
Noun
einstein
/x
Name
electromagnetic
xxxx/x
Adjective
electron
x/x
Noun
emptiness
/xx
Noun
enjoy
x/
Verb
entrance
/x
Noun, Verb
entry
/x
Noun
envy
/x
Noun, Verb
equal
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
equivalent
x/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
even
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
example
x/x
Noun, Verb
exciton
x/x
Noun
executive
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
eye
/
Noun, Verb
face
/
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
fancies
/x
Noun, Verb
faro
/x
Noun
fault
/
Noun, Verb
favorite
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
feather
/x
Noun, Verb
feel
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
feet
/
Noun
fellatio
x/xx
Noun
finch
/
Name, Verb
finish
/x
Verb, Noun
fireplace
/xx
Noun
first
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
fish
/
Noun, Verb
fist
/
Noun, Verb
fix
/
Verb, Noun
flaw
/
Noun, Verb
fly
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fond
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
foothold
/x
Noun
forefront
/x
Noun, Verb
forehead
/x
Noun
foremost
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
form
/
Noun, Verb
fountainhead
/xx
Noun
foxhole
/x
Noun, Verb
friend
/
Noun, Verb
front
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
funnel
/x
Noun, Verb
führer
x
Name
gallstones
/x
Noun
gap
/
Noun, Verb
gat
/
Noun, Verb
gear
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
gender
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
genre
/x
Noun, Verb
genus
/x
Noun
given
/x
Noun, Adjective
gloom
/
Noun, Verb
glum
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
golf
/
Noun, Verb
good
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
gopher
/x
Noun
gopher hole
/x/
Phrase, Noun
govern
/x
Verb, Noun
governor
/xx
Noun
grave
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
ground
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
guide
/
Noun, Verb
gums
/
Verb
guv
x
Noun
guy
/
Noun, Verb
habitant
/xx
Noun
hair
/
Noun, Verb
hall
/
Noun
hallucinatory
x/xxxx
Adjective
hammerhead
/xx
Noun
happy
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
hat
/
Noun, Verb
hate
/
Verb, Noun
haul
/
Verb, Noun
head of household
///x
Phrase, Noun
head teacher
//x
Phrase, Noun
head up
//
Phrase, Verb
headache
/x
Noun
headboard
/x
Noun
headed
/x
Adjective
header
/x
Noun, Verb
headlight
/x
Noun
headline
/x
Noun, Verb
headman
/x
Noun
headmaster
//x
Noun
headmistress
/xx
Noun
headquarters
/xx
Noun
headscarf
//
Noun
headship
/x
Noun
headway
/x
Noun
heart
/
Noun, Verb
height
/
Noun
hell
/
Noun, Adverb, Verb
hellhole
/x
Noun
helm
/
Noun, Verb
helmet
/x
Noun, Verb
high
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
holder
/x
Noun
holed
/
Adjective
holl
/
Name
hollow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
honour
/x
Noun, Verb
honourable
/xxx
Adjective, Name
hook
/
Noun, Verb
hope
/
Noun, Verb
hovel
/x
Noun, Verb
hyde
/
Name, Verb
hydraulic
x/x
Adjective, Verb
hydrostatic
xx/x
Adjective
image
/x
Noun, Verb
immobile
x/x
Adjective, Noun
impasse
x/
Noun
important
x/x
Adjective
in one
x/
Phrase
inanimate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
including
x/x
Verb
incumbent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
indian chief
/xx/
Name, Name
indoors
/x
Noun, Adverb
inhabitant
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
insane
x/
Adjective
irritating
/xxx
Adjective
jail
/
Noun, Verb
jak
x
Name
jako
/x
Noun
jam
/
Noun, Verb
jefe
/
Noun
join
/
Verb, Noun
joy
/
Noun, Verb
just
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
keen
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
kettle of fish
/x//
Phrase, Noun
keyhole
/x
Noun, Verb
keying
/x
Noun
kind
/
Noun, Adjective
kinda
/x
Noun, Adverb
kisser
/x
Noun
know
/
Verb, Noun
lacuna
x/x
Noun
ladder
/x
Noun, Verb
ladies
/x
Noun
lapse
/
Noun, Verb
lar
/
Noun
large
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
leader
/x
Noun
leadership
/xx
Noun
leak
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
legs
/
Noun
lemma
/x
Noun
length
/
Noun, Verb
liable
/xx
Adjective
lieutenant
x/x
Noun, Adjective
lifeless
/x
Adjective
liked
/
Adjective
line
/
Noun, Verb
load
/
Noun, Verb
loch
/
Noun
lock
/
Noun, Verb
lockup
/x
Noun
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
loo
/
Noun, Verb
look
/
Verb, Noun
loophole
/x
Noun, Verb
lord
/
Noun, Verb
loved
/
Adjective
mad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
made
/
Noun
main
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
man
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
manager
/xx
Noun
maneuver
x/x
Noun, Verb
manhole
/x
Noun
marbles
/x
Noun
master
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
matter of fact
/x//
Phrase, Noun
matter of law
/x//
Phrase, Noun
maw
/
Noun
mess
/
Noun, Verb
mind
/
Noun, Verb
minister
/xx
Noun, Verb
minster
/x
Noun
mole
/
Noun
mood
/
Noun
moody
/x
Name, Adjective
mortise
x/
Noun, Verb
mouse
/
Noun, Verb
mouth
/
Noun, Verb
mud
/
Noun, Verb
muddle
/x
Noun, Verb
mug
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
muzzle
/x
Noun, Verb
navigate
/xx
Verb
near
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
neck
/
Noun, Verb
nest
/
Noun, Verb
net
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
nice
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
niche
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
noodle
/x
Noun, Verb
nose
/
Noun, Verb
nous
/
Noun
nozzle
/x
Noun
officer
/xx
Noun, Verb
official
x/x
Adjective, Noun
opening
/xx
Noun, Adjective
oral sex
/x/
Phrase, Noun
orientation
xxx/x
Noun
orifice
/xx
Noun
outdoors
//
Noun, Adverb
outlet
/x
Noun
outside
//
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
overgrown
xx/
Adjective
overwrought
xx/
Adjective
park
/
Noun, Verb
particle
/xx
Noun
pass
/
Verb, Noun
pate
/
Noun
patriarch
/xx
Noun
patron
/x
Noun, Verb
pavement
/x
Noun
peephole
/x
Noun
pen
/
Noun, Verb
penis
/x
Noun
perceptually
x/xxx
Adverb
perforating
/xxx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
perforation
xx/x
Noun
person
/x
Noun, Verb
pertaining
x/x
Noun
phonon
/x
Noun
photon
/x
Noun
pickle
/x
Noun, Verb
pier
/
Noun
piercing
/x
Noun, Adjective
pilot
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
pit
/
Noun, Verb
pitfall
/x
Noun
place
/
Noun, Verb
plant
/
Noun, Verb
please
/
Verb, Adverb
plug
/
Noun, Verb
pocket
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
point
/
Noun, Verb
pond
/
Noun, Verb
pool
/
Noun, Verb
pore
/
Noun, Verb
port
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
positive
/xx
Adjective, Noun
pot
/
Noun, Verb
pothole
/x
Noun
pout
/
Noun, Verb
prefer
x/
Verb
preschool
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
preside
x/
Verb
presidency
/xxx
Noun
president
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
pretend
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
primary
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
principal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
printing
/x
Noun, Verb
prison
/x
Noun, Verb
problem
/x
Noun, Adjective
psyche
/x
Noun, Verb
puncture
/x
Noun, Verb
pushing
/x
Adjective, Noun
question
/x
Noun, Verb
question of fact
/x//
Phrase, Noun
question of law
/x//
Phrase, Noun
rabbit
/x
Noun, Verb
rabbit hole
/x/
Phrase, Noun
rad
/
Noun, Adjective
ras
/
Noun
rat
/
Noun, Verb
really
/x
Adverb, Verb
rear
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
recess
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
rector
/x
Noun
relating
x/x
Noun
repellent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
represented
xx/x
Adjective
repulsive
x/x
Adjective
resemble
x/x
Verb
responsibility
xxx/xx
Noun
responsible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
rift
/
Noun, Verb
right
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
ring
/
Noun, Verb
ringleader
/xx
Noun
rip
/
Verb, Name
round
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
rubric
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
ruler
/x
Noun, Verb
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
rut
/
Noun, Verb
saddle
/x
Noun, Verb
sailor
/x
Noun
same
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
sarge
/
Name, Verb
say
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
scalp
/
Noun, Verb
schoolmaster
/xx
Noun, Verb
scratch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
seam
/
Noun, Verb
seat
/
Noun, Verb
secretary
/xxx
Noun, Verb
seem
/
Verb
senior
/x
Adjective, Name
sense
/
Noun, Verb
sensor
/x
Noun
serve
/
Verb, Noun
shaft
/
Noun, Verb
shaped
/
Adjective
share
/
Noun, Verb
sheer
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shelter
/x
Noun, Verb
shop
/
Noun, Verb
shortcoming
/xx
Noun
shortfall
/x
Noun
shoulder
/x
Noun, Verb
shovel
/x
Noun, Verb
sidewalk
/x
Noun
significant
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
similar
/xx
Adjective, Noun
sinkhole
/x
Noun, Verb
sir
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
skin
/
Noun, Verb
skipper
/x
Noun, Verb
skull
/
Noun, Verb
sleeve
/
Noun, Verb
slice
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
slit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
slot
/
Noun, Verb
socket
/x
Noun, Verb
soli
/x
Noun
som
/
Noun
sort
/
Noun, Verb
sound
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
soup
/
Noun, Verb
space
/
Noun, Verb
speaker
/x
Noun
spearhead
/x
Noun, Verb
spirit
/x
Noun, Verb
spot
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
spur
/
Noun, Verb
square
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
squire
/
Noun, Verb
stain
/
Noun, Verb
stand out
//
Phrase, Verb
starboard
/x
Verb, Noun
steer
/
Verb, Noun
stern
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
stockade
/x
Noun, Verb
straits
/
Noun
strap
/
Noun, Verb
style
/
Noun, Verb
subconscious
x/x
Adjective, Noun
subhead
xx
Noun
such
/
Noun
suit
/
Noun, Verb
sulk
/
Noun, Verb
summit
/x
Noun, Verb
superintendent
xxx/x
Noun, Adjective
superior
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
supervisor
/xxx
Noun
surmount
x/
Verb
tabula rasa
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
tail
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
take
/
Verb, Noun
take charge
//
Phrase, Verb
take hold
//
Phrase, Verb
tank
/
Noun, Verb
tanker
/x
Noun, Verb
taste
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
tau
/
Noun
tear
/
Verb, Noun
tee
/
Noun, Verb
teeth
/
Noun, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
temper
/x
Noun, Verb
temple
/x
Noun, Verb
test
/
Noun, Verb
tete
/
Verb
thing
/
Noun, Verb
think
/
Verb, Noun
thoughts
/
Noun
tip
/
Noun, Verb
title
/x
Noun, Verb
toe
/
Noun, Verb
toilet
/x
Noun, Verb
tonight
x/
Adverb, Noun
top
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
top dog
//
Phrase, Noun
trap
/
Noun, Verb
tray
/
Noun, Verb
trench
/
Noun, Verb
trim
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Adverb
triplet
/x
Noun
trough
/
Noun, Verb
true
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
tung
/
Noun
tunnel
/x
Noun, Verb
type
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
unconscious
x/x
Adjective, Noun
underground
/xx
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
underworld
/xx
Noun
unequal
x/x
Adjective, Noun
unlike
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
unusual
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
upper
/x
Adjective, Noun
upside
//
Noun
urge
/
Noun, Verb
vacuum
/x
Noun, Verb
vane
/
Noun
vanguard
/x
Noun
vent
/
Noun, Verb
void
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
volition
x/x
Noun
wager
/x
Noun, Verb
wall
/
Noun, Verb
wanna
/x
Verb
want
/
Verb, Noun
warden
/x
Noun, Verb
warhead
/x
Noun
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
welcome
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
whatever
x/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
while
/
Noun, Verb
winch
/
Noun, Verb
wish
/
Verb, Noun
wits
/
Noun
wormhole
/x
Noun, Verb
worn
/
Adjective
wound
/
Noun, Verb
y
x
Noun, Adverb
yap
/
Noun, Verb