Thesaurus results for HEAD-ON

head-on

adverb

ˈhed-ˈȯn

as in head-to-head

in direct confrontation or competition the underdog team met its more talented opponent head-on and won the hockey game through sheer grit

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Recent Examples of head-on One accelerant of America’s decline as a superpower will be that former allies will look elsewhere for their safety, while adversaries will recalculate the right time to challenge Washington head-on. —

Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026 Mississippi takes its history head-on. —

Gary Fields, Arkansas Online, 13 Apr. 2026 Mississippi takes its history head-on. —

Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026 Associate administrator Amit Kshatriya pointed to Artemis I flight data, ground testing, and engineering models as justification, and Glover acknowledged the risk head-on, noting the heat shield and parachutes are systems with zero fault tolerance built in. —

Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for head-on

Recent Examples of Synonyms for head-on

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Researchers put professional fundraisers and commercial AI models head-to-head to raise money for the nonprofit Save the Children.

— Miriam Waldvogel, Washington Post, 19 June 2026
The first tiebreaker is now head-to-head record.

— Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026

Definition of head-to-head

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The face-to-face meeting came as King Charles underwent treatment for cancer, and triggered speculation that the royal family’s long-running rift might be coming to an end.

— Max Foster, CNN Money, 26 June 2026
The 2028 release date will put Donkey face-to-face with Paramount's live-action Call of Duty movie, which is due to bow on the same day.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026