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head
Synonyms and Antonyms of head
- She was head editor of the magazine for 17 years.
controlling, directing, managing, officiating, overseeing, regnant, reigning, ruling, supervisory
main, major, paramount, predominant, predominate, sovereign (also sovran)
ascendant (also ascendent), dominant, grand, superior, topmost, upmost, upper, uppermost
in charge
head
Synonyms and Antonyms of head
- Every year a different parent is placed at the head of the troop's cookie drive.
- The tour guide counted heads, and everyone was present.
son of man
- The situation came to a head, requiring intervention.
moment of truth, point of no return
- Lake Itasca in Minnesota is the head of the Mississippi River.
- The man stood at the head of the stairs and looked down.
- You're out of your head if you think you can swim across that river.
- challenged us to put our heads together and find a solution to the problem
- As head of the planning committee, he had the responsibility of appointing someone to look into the parking situation.
administrator, commander, director, executive, general, governor, hierarch, higher-up
leadman, manager, overseer, principal, skipper, standard-bearer, steward, straw boss, superintendent, superior, supervisor
dominator, lord, overlord, potentate, ruler, sovereign (also sovran)
baron, czar (also tsar), king, magnate, mogul, president, prince
- Settlers built a head to create a millpond.
dam, dike, embankment, levee
- She's a total tech head who adores home electronics and computers.
- I rechecked to make sure that all the heads were in boldface.
- I have no head for remembering names.
head
Synonyms and Antonyms of head
- I turned around and headed for home.
- Heading the procession at the dog show was a miniature poodle, followed by dogs seemingly of every breed.
- She heads the hiring committee.
call the shots (of), call the tune (for), ride herd on, watch over
- After a long day at the beach, we headed the car toward home.
- Robert La Salle headed the expedition that claimed Louisiana for the French king.
- heading and gutting a fish
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