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head
Synonyms and Antonyms of head
- as head editor at the TV station for 17 years, he has seen many news anchors come and go
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
head
Synonyms and Antonyms of head
- I hit my head as I went through the low doorway
- every year a different parent is placed at the head of the troopʼs cookie drive
- the tour guide counted heads, and everyone was present
- when the disagreement between the two departments came to a head, the CEO called both managers in for a closed-door meeting
- Lake Itasca in Minnesota is the head of the Mississippi River
- stood at the head of the stairs and looked down
- youʼre 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 skyrocketing costs of the company's health insurance plans
belfry, gray matter, intellect, intelligence, loaf [British slang], noodle, reason, skull
acumen, alertness, astuteness, brilliance, insight, judgment (or judgement), mentality, perception, perspicacity, sagacity, sapience, wisdom, wit
awareness, cognizance, consciousness, self-awareness, self-consciousness
- 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
big cheese, big gun, bigwig, top dog, top gun
- built a head to create a millpond
dam, dike, embankment, levee
- give me a chance to visit the head, and I'll be all set to go
garderobe, jakes, outhouse, privy
ladies [chiefly British], ladies' room, men's room
- a shop near campus where all the heads used to get their paraphernalia
- she's a total tech head who adores home electronics and computers
- rechecked to make sure that all the heads were in boldface
- I have no head for numbers
head
Synonyms and Antonyms of head
- she'll be heading out east in the fall to attend college
- heading the procession at the dog show was a miniature poodle, followed by dogs seemingly of every breed
- who headed the CIA when Ronald Reagan was president?
- 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
- got a job at the slaughterhouse heading cattle
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