HEAD START Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

head start

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Definition of head start

as in start

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Recent Examples of head start Arenas which hosted World Cup games this year will have a head start. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026 For two more days, Old Navy is offering 50% off women's fashion, making now a great time to get a head start on fall trends without spending a fortune. — Casey Delbasso, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026 Harry apparently reached out to the Home Office in early August to get a head start on security for himself, Meghan Markle, and their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, five. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 8 Sep. 2026 Though the first Voyager launched has a 16-day, 9-million-mile head start, Voyager 1 will overtake its sister probe in November — flying a course that will bring it to an encounter with Jupiter in March 1979. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for head start

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Noun

Before last year’s 2-0 start, Taylor went 1-11 during the first two weeks of the season as a head coach.

— Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of start

Noun

Apple hopes these functions will give it a leg up over rivals like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini.

— Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
While Sunday Night Football has a bit of a leg up over the massive Sunday afternoon windows on CBS/Fox, NBC’s advantage may not hold up in the fall scatter market.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of leg up

Noun

Like the people in that book, many of the subjects of The Castle have been shoved to the margins.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
The latest finds Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms and Republican Rick Jackson neck-and-neck in the governor’s race, 48%-45%, with the 3-point gap falling within the poll’s margin of error.

— Adam Beam, AJC.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of margin

Noun

Their time together at JMU could offer Sweazie an upper hand.

— Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 17 Aug. 2026
The finale underlines that break in its final scenes, cross-cutting between the former friends as Alicent makes her first and only appearance in the episode at the exact moment the full tragedy of Rhaenyra’s upper hand becomes apparent.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of upper hand

Noun

Given its extensive objections to implementing these kinds of policies in the past, the letter is a transparent effort at attempting to turn the settlement into an opportunity to claim moral high ground.

— Nathaniel Lubin, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026
According to the study, the resulting uplift would have created steep terrain and high ground that could be intensely eroded over long periods.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of high ground

Noun

Galatasaray squandered a 5-2 first-leg lead against Juventus in last season’s knockout play-off round, despite having a man advantage for most of the game.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Podded propulsion offers particular advantages in this environment.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of advantage

Noun

Some annuities have different withdrawal percentages, and the allowance may be based on your contract value, premium or another figure.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
The latter regulation is the state’s backstop climate trading program that puts an ever-stricter cap on emissions across sectors and allows polluting businesses to buy and trade allowances to meet it.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of allowance

Noun

Tagovailoa seemed to have an inside track toward the starting job with Penix’s training camp debut delayed because of his recovery from a torn ACL.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
The makeover won’t exclusively fall to rookies — defensive tackle Khyiris Tonga, safety Alohi Gilman and second-year player Nohl Williams have inside track to prominent roles.

— Sam McDowell July 22, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026

Definition of inside track

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