HEADMAN Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

headman

noun

as in leader

the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do as headman at the newspaper 20 years ago, he hired the then-promising young reporter who won this year's Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting

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Recent Examples of headman The child’s uncle, Salim Güran — the village headman — had been arrested earlier in the probe, per Hürriyet Daily News. —

Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025 For whatever reason, contract talks fell through leaving the NFL’s most prestigious franchise without a headman to begin their offseason. —

Kambui Bomani, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 Jon Merrill came on for Bogosian and got caught flat-footed when Manson hit a headman pass to the blue line for O’Connor. —

Michael Russo, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025 His father is the village sarpanch, or headman, and the family owns valuable farmland. —

Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for headman

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The series of attacks comes after Israel killed Larijani, the head of the country’s Supreme National Security Council, and Gholamreza Soleimani, the leader of a powerful militia aligned with the IRGC, in deadly airstrikes on Tuesday.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2026
As the current supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has stayed out of the spotlight amid speculation he was injured by a strike, Larijani was largely seen as in command of the country since the former ayatollah’s death.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 18 Mar. 2026