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

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The grandest night in British TV unfolded as some of the biggest stars around the world including Colin Firth, Aimee Lou Wood, Taron Egerton and Matt Smith went head-to-head.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 May 2026
Misiorowski won head-to-head matchups with 2025 NL Cy Young Award winner Paul Skenes and three-time Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw as a rookie.

— Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026