Synonyms for headhɛd
Princeton's WordNet
head, caput(noun)
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
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headway, promontory, headland, heading, straits, oral sex, capitulum, psyche, school principal, head, question, read/write head, forefront, point, header, drumhead, mind, chief, headspring, principal, nous, fountainhead, head teacher, caput, pass, brain, head word, foreland, top doghead(noun)
a single domestic animal
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headway, promontory, headland, heading, straits, oral sex, capitulum, psyche, school principal, question, read/write head, forefront, point, header, drumhead, mind, chief, headspring, principal, nous, fountainhead, head teacher, caput, pass, brain, head word, foreland, top dogmind, head, brain, psyche, nous(noun)
that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason
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learning ability, idea, thinker, heading, promontory, psyche, school principal, wit, mind, head teacher, brainpower, intellect, nous, question, mental capacity, fountainhead, encephalon, point, head, top dog, mentality, creative thinker, brain, headland, mastermind, brainiac, header, genius, headspring, foreland, pass, chief, headway, judgment, read/write head, judgement, drumhead, head word, forefront, capitulum, oral sex, principal, caput, straits, soulhead, chief, top dog(noun)
a person who is in charge
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tribal chief, heading, promontory, psyche, school principal, honcho, mind, head teacher, nous, question, chieftain, foreman, point, gaffer, top dog, headman, brain, headland, head, header, principal, headspring, foreland, pass, chief, headway, read/write head, drumhead, head word, forefront, capitulum, oral sex, boss, fountainhead, caput, straitshead(noun)
the front of a military formation or procession
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headway, promontory, headland, heading, straits, oral sex, capitulum, psyche, school principal, question, read/write head, forefront, point, header, drumhead, mind, chief, headspring, principal, nous, fountainhead, head teacher, caput, pass, brain, head word, foreland, top doghead(noun)
the pressure exerted by a fluid
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headway, promontory, headland, heading, straits, oral sex, capitulum, psyche, school principal, question, read/write head, forefront, point, header, drumhead, mind, chief, headspring, principal, nous, fountainhead, head teacher, caput, pass, brain, head word, foreland, top doghead(noun)
the top of something
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headway, promontory, headland, heading, straits, oral sex, capitulum, psyche, school principal, question, read/write head, forefront, point, header, drumhead, mind, chief, headspring, principal, nous, fountainhead, head teacher, caput, pass, brain, head word, foreland, top dogfountainhead, headspring, head(noun)
the source of water from which a stream arises
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headway, promontory, chief, oral sex, headland, point, straits, heading, capitulum, psyche, school principal, question, read/write head, forefront, head word, header, drumhead, mind, caput, headspring, head, nous, fountainhead, head teacher, pass, principal, wellspring, brain, well, foreland, top doghead, head word(noun)
(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
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headway, promontory, headword, headland, heading, straits, oral sex, capitulum, psyche, school principal, head, question, read/write head, forefront, point, header, drumhead, mind, chief, headspring, principal, nous, fountainhead, head teacher, caput, pass, brain, head word, foreland, top doghead(noun)
the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
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headway, promontory, headland, heading, straits, oral sex, capitulum, psyche, school principal, question, read/write head, forefront, point, header, drumhead, mind, chief, headspring, principal, nous, fountainhead, head teacher, caput, pass, brain, head word, foreland, top doghead(noun)
the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
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headway, promontory, headland, heading, straits, oral sex, capitulum, psyche, school principal, question, read/write head, forefront, point, header, drumhead, mind, chief, headspring, principal, nous, fountainhead, head teacher, caput, pass, brain, head word, foreland, top dogcapitulum, head(noun)
a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
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headway, promontory, headland, heading, straits, oral sex, capitulum, psyche, school principal, question, read/write head, forefront, point, spike, drumhead, mind, chief, headspring, head, ear, nous, fountainhead, head teacher, caput, pass, principal, header, brain, head word, foreland, top dogprincipal, school principal, head teacher, head(noun)
the educator who has executive authority for a school
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mind, heading, promontory, psyche, school principal, nous, drumhead, headland, head teacher, head, question, point, top dog, lead, brain, dealer, principal, star, headspring, foreland, pass, header, headway, read/write head, head word, chief, forefront, principal sum, capitulum, oral sex, fountainhead, caput, straits, corpushead(noun)
an individual person
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headway, promontory, headland, heading, straits, oral sex, capitulum, psyche, school principal, question, read/write head, forefront, point, header, drumhead, mind, chief, headspring, principal, nous, fountainhead, head teacher, caput, pass, brain, head word, foreland, top doghead(noun)
a user of (usually soft) drugs
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headway, promontory, headland, heading, straits, oral sex, capitulum, psyche, school principal, question, read/write head, forefront, point, header, drumhead, mind, chief, headspring, principal, nous, fountainhead, head teacher, caput, pass, brain, head word, foreland, top dogpromontory, headland, head, foreland(noun)
a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
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headway, promontory, headland, heading, straits, oral sex, capitulum, psyche, school principal, question, read/write head, forefront, point, header, drumhead, mind, chief, headspring, head, nous, fountainhead, head teacher, caput, pass, principal, brain, head word, foreland, top doghead(noun)
a rounded compact mass
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headway, promontory, headland, heading, straits, oral sex, capitulum, psyche, school principal, question, read/write head, forefront, point, header, drumhead, mind, chief, headspring, principal, nous, fountainhead, head teacher, caput, pass, brain, head word, foreland, top doghead(noun)
the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
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headway, promontory, headland, heading, straits, oral sex, capitulum, psyche, school principal, question, read/write head, forefront, point, header, drumhead, mind, chief, headspring, principal, nous, fountainhead, head teacher, caput, pass, brain, head word, foreland, top dogforefront, head(noun)
the part in the front or nearest the viewer
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headway, promontory, oral sex, headland, heading, straits, vanguard, capitulum, psyche, school principal, question, read/write head, forefront, point, header, cutting edge, mind, chief, headspring, head, nous, fountainhead, head teacher, caput, pass, principal, drumhead, brain, head word, foreland, top dogpass, head, straits(noun)
a difficult juncture
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heading, promontory, psyche, school principal, nous, mind, headland, head teacher, head, strait, fountainhead, whirl, principal, drumhead, point, top dog, passport, header, brain, offer, passing play, laissez passer, question, mountain pass, toss, headspring, headway, crack, foreland, go, passing game, chief, pass, read/write head, liberty chit, qualifying, head word, forefront, walk, base on balls, fling, flip, capitulum, notch, oral sex, straits, caput, bye, passingheadway, head(noun)
forward movement
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headway, promontory, oral sex, headland, point, straits, clearance, capitulum, psyche, school principal, question, read/write head, forefront, pass, header, drumhead, mind, chief, headspring, head, nous, fountainhead, head teacher, caput, headroom, principal, heading, brain, head word, foreland, top dogpoint, head(noun)
a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
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heading, promontory, psyche, school principal, spot, nous, mind, head teacher, dot, breaker point, stop, head, full stop, question, gunpoint, forefront, peak, point, top dog, point in time, percentage point, brain, headland, full point, header, principal, headspring, headway, level, foreland, pass, chief, degree, pointedness, read/write head, drumhead, head word, period, power point, detail, decimal point, distributor point, capitulum, oral sex, item, fountainhead, caput, compass point, straits, stage, tipquestion, head(noun)
the subject matter at issue
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motion, heading, promontory, psyche, school principal, nous, mind, head teacher, enquiry, head, question, point, top dog, brain, headland, query, inquiry, header, interrogation, principal, headspring, foreland, pass, chief, headway, read/write head, drumhead, head word, forefront, doubt, interrogative, capitulum, oral sex, fountainhead, caput, straits, dubiousness, doubtfulness, interrogative sentenceheading, header, head(noun)
a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
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lintel, heading, promontory, drift, psyche, coping, mind, head teacher, nous, gallery, question, fountainhead, forefront, school principal, point, head, top dog, aim, brain, headland, header, principal, headspring, foreland, pass, chief, headway, read/write head, drumhead, head word, bearing, capitulum, oral sex, straits, caput, copehead(noun)
the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
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headway, promontory, headland, heading, straits, oral sex, capitulum, psyche, school principal, question, read/write head, forefront, point, header, drumhead, mind, chief, headspring, principal, nous, fountainhead, head teacher, caput, pass, brain, head word, foreland, top doghead(noun)
that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
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headway, promontory, headland, heading, straits, oral sex, capitulum, psyche, school principal, question, read/write head, forefront, point, header, drumhead, mind, chief, headspring, principal, nous, fountainhead, head teacher, caput, pass, brain, head word, foreland, top dogread/write head, head(noun)
(computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
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headway, promontory, headland, heading, straits, oral sex, capitulum, psyche, school principal, question, read/write head, forefront, point, header, drumhead, mind, chief, headspring, head, nous, fountainhead, head teacher, pass, principal, brain, head word, caput, foreland, top doghead(noun)
(usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
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headway, promontory, headland, heading, straits, oral sex, capitulum, psyche, school principal, question, read/write head, forefront, point, header, drumhead, mind, chief, headspring, principal, nous, fountainhead, head teacher, caput, pass, brain, head word, foreland, top doghead(noun)
the striking part of a tool
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headway, promontory, headland, heading, straits, oral sex, capitulum, psyche, school principal, question, read/write head, forefront, point, header, drumhead, mind, chief, headspring, principal, nous, fountainhead, head teacher, caput, pass, brain, head word, foreland, top doghead(noun)
(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
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headway, promontory, headland, heading, straits, oral sex, capitulum, psyche, school principal, question, read/write head, forefront, point, header, drumhead, mind, chief, headspring, principal, nous, fountainhead, head teacher, caput, pass, brain, head word, foreland, top doghead(noun)
a projection out from one end
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headway, promontory, headland, heading, straits, oral sex, capitulum, psyche, school principal, question, read/write head, forefront, point, header, drumhead, mind, chief, headspring, principal, nous, fountainhead, head teacher, caput, pass, brain, head word, foreland, top dogdrumhead, head(noun)
a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
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headway, promontory, headland, heading, straits, oral sex, capitulum, psyche, school principal, question, read/write head, forefront, point, header, drumhead, mind, chief, headspring, head, nous, fountainhead, head teacher, caput, pass, principal, brain, head word, foreland, top dogoral sex, head(verb)
oral stimulation of the genitals
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headway, promontory, headland, heading, straits, oral sex, capitulum, psyche, school principal, question, read/write head, forefront, point, header, drumhead, mind, chief, headspring, head, nous, fountainhead, head teacher, caput, pass, principal, brain, head word, foreland, top doghead(verb)
to go or travel towards
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maneuver, manoeuvre, lead, channelize, direct, steer, point, channelise, guide, manoeuver, head uphead, lead(verb)
be in charge of
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lead, manoeuver, run, precede, maneuver, chair, extend, top, guide, pass, head up, direct, channelize, conduct, head, conduce, take, moderate, channelise, leave, result, contribute, steer, go, point, manoeuvrelead, head(verb)
travel in front of; go in advance of others
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go, conduce, point, head up, channelize, maneuver, channelise, chair, moderate, contribute, result, manoeuver, guide, direct, extend, top, run, lead, take, pass, leave, conduct, precede, steer, head, manoeuvrehead, head up(verb)
be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
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maneuver, head, manoeuvre, lead, channelize, direct, steer, point, channelise, guide, manoeuver, head upsteer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise(verb)
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
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channelize, operate, transfer, taper, repoint, place, pass, show, head, target, lead, sharpen, maneuver, take, indicate, signal, point, betoken, aim, channelise, take aim, train, steer, channel, manoeuver, transport, address, manoeuvre, direct, level, engineer, organize, charge, organise, luff, calculate, head up, conduct, draw, bespeak, guide on, run, orient, send, orchestrate, mastermind, guide, designate, transmithead(verb)
take its rise
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maneuver, manoeuvre, lead, channelize, direct, steer, point, channelise, guide, manoeuver, head uphead(verb)
be in the front of or on top of
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maneuver, manoeuvre, lead, channelize, direct, steer, point, channelise, guide, manoeuver, head uphead(verb)
form a head or come or grow to a head
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maneuver, manoeuvre, lead, channelize, direct, steer, point, channelise, guide, manoeuver, head uphead(verb)
remove the head of
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maneuver, manoeuvre, lead, channelize, direct, steer, point, channelise, guide, manoeuver, head up
Wiktionary
head(noun)
Headway; progress.Synonyms:
leader, blowjob, noggin, oral sex, chief, noodle, loaf, principal, headmistress, fellatio, blow job, boss, toilet, bonce, headmaster, nut, lavatory, composure, poise, caputhead(noun)
The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.Synonyms:
noodle, lavatory, loaf, caput, chief, bonce, oral sex, boss, blow job, headmaster, nut, noggin, poise, headmistress, leader, fellatio, toilet, principal, composure, blowjobhead(noun)
Leader; chief; mastermind.Synonyms:
principal, chief, noodle, headmaster, nut, composure, caput, boss, lavatory, loaf, blowjob, leader, fellatio, headmistress, toilet, bonce, noggin, blow job, poise, oral sexAntonyms:
subordinate, underlinghead(noun)
A headmaster or headmistress.Synonyms:
lavatory, loaf, chief, poise, noggin, toilet, fellatio, headmistress, blowjob, caput, bonce, oral sex, leader, composure, nut, headmaster, principal, boss, noodle, blow jobhead(noun)
A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.Synonyms:
headmaster, composure, loaf, lavatory, nut, caput, oral sex, principal, blowjob, poise, fellatio, leader, noodle, toilet, blow job, bonce, boss, chief, noggin, headmistresshead(noun)
A clump of leaves or flowers; a capitulum.Synonyms:
headmaster, oral sex, boss, nut, fellatio, bonce, toilet, caput, chief, composure, poise, leader, blow job, lavatory, headmistress, noodle, principal, loaf, noggin, blowjobhead(noun)
The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.Synonyms:
noodle, nut, headmistress, loaf, toilet, leader, poise, lavatory, headmaster, chief, composure, principal, caput, oral sex, noggin, bonce, fellatio, blow job, blowjob, bosshead(noun)
An individual person.Synonyms:
poise, fellatio, oral sex, headmaster, headmistress, loaf, composure, blow job, noodle, leader, noggin, caput, lavatory, toilet, nut, principal, chief, bonce, boss, blowjobhead(noun)
A single animal.Synonyms:
principal, caput, loaf, noodle, headmaster, composure, chief, blowjob, noggin, bonce, oral sex, toilet, blow job, lavatory, nut, headmistress, boss, leader, poise, fellatiohead(noun)
The population of game.Synonyms:
headmistress, leader, blowjob, oral sex, chief, loaf, noodle, nut, fellatio, noggin, blow job, composure, poise, bonce, principal, headmaster, lavatory, boss, caput, toilethead(noun)
, from residence near a hilltop or the head of a river, or a byname for someone with an odd-looking head.Synonyms:
composure, bonce, caput, leader, principal, noggin, headmistress, loaf, nut, headmaster, lavatory, blow job, oral sex, noodle, poise, fellatio, chief, boss, toilet, blowjobhead(noun)
Topic; subject.Synonyms:
toilet, headmistress, blowjob, composure, lavatory, noodle, bonce, boss, noggin, oral sex, poise, headmaster, nut, fellatio, caput, leader, blow job, principal, chief, loafhead(noun)
A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.Synonyms:
poise, loaf, headmaster, headmistress, boss, nut, composure, blowjob, principal, noodle, noggin, bonce, blow job, leader, fellatio, oral sex, lavatory, chief, caput, toilethead(noun)
The principal melody or theme of a piece.Synonyms:
poise, headmistress, bonce, toilet, oral sex, leader, nut, boss, loaf, fellatio, blowjob, lavatory, chief, noggin, principal, noodle, caput, blow job, composure, headmasterhead(noun)
Deposits near the top of a geological succession.Synonyms:
headmaster, principal, loaf, chief, oral sex, bonce, nut, boss, poise, noodle, composure, leader, headmistress, caput, toilet, blowjob, blow job, fellatio, lavatory, nogginhead(noun)
The end of an abscess where pus collects.Synonyms:
noodle, headmaster, loaf, oral sex, principal, boss, blow job, lavatory, composure, bonce, toilet, noggin, chief, fellatio, nut, headmistress, blowjob, poise, caput, leaderhead(noun)
denouement; crisisSynonyms:
chief, bonce, leader, blow job, blowjob, poise, principal, nut, noggin, caput, headmaster, noodle, composure, headmistress, fellatio, oral sex, toilet, boss, loaf, lavatoryhead(noun)
A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium.Synonyms:
principal, oral sex, poise, boss, lavatory, caput, nut, bonce, fellatio, blow job, noodle, chief, noggin, leader, composure, blowjob, loaf, headmaster, toilet, headmistresshead(noun)
The headstock of a guitar.Synonyms:
boss, oral sex, lavatory, loaf, blowjob, poise, toilet, headmaster, bonce, nut, headmistress, chief, noggin, blow job, leader, fellatio, principal, noodle, caput, composurehead(noun)
A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.Synonyms:
headmistress, nut, lavatory, toilet, bonce, boss, oral sex, noggin, principal, blowjob, headmaster, composure, blow job, chief, loaf, poise, fellatio, noodle, caput, leaderhead(noun)
The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.Synonyms:
headmistress, blowjob, noggin, nut, noodle, boss, loaf, headmaster, leader, bonce, chief, fellatio, poise, oral sex, caput, composure, blow job, toilet, principal, lavatoryhead(noun)
Foremost in rank or importance.Synonyms:
noodle, nut, principal, bonce, fellatio, caput, leader, lavatory, boss, oral sex, chief, poise, loaf, headmaster, blow job, noggin, toilet, blowjob, headmistress, composurehead(noun)
The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.Synonyms:
headmistress, boss, bonce, lavatory, toilet, chief, nut, noodle, caput, blowjob, headmaster, poise, principal, blow job, loaf, noggin, composure, fellatio, oral sex, leaderhead(noun)
A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.Synonyms:
principal, composure, loaf, lavatory, boss, nut, bonce, leader, noggin, blowjob, blow job, headmaster, fellatio, noodle, oral sex, headmistress, chief, poise, toilet, caputhead(noun)
The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.Synonyms:
headmistress, toilet, oral sex, lavatory, composure, blow job, loaf, boss, caput, nut, fellatio, bonce, noodle, principal, poise, chief, leader, blowjob, headmaster, nogginhead(noun)
More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.Synonyms:
noggin, lavatory, toilet, headmistress, composure, caput, headmaster, poise, noodle, principal, nut, oral sex, loaf, blowjob, blow job, boss, bonce, fellatio, chief, leaderhead(noun)
The top edge of a sail.Synonyms:
caput, toilet, poise, composure, lavatory, oral sex, leader, chief, noodle, noggin, headmistress, fellatio, nut, loaf, blowjob, headmaster, blow job, bonce, principal, bosshead(noun)
The bow of a nautical vessel.Synonyms:
fellatio, blowjob, leader, loaf, nut, oral sex, noggin, boss, chief, poise, principal, toilet, composure, bonce, blow job, caput, headmistress, noodle, headmaster, lavatoryhead(noun)
The toilet of a ship.Synonyms:
caput, bonce, toilet, loaf, blow job, chief, principal, oral sex, nut, poise, headmaster, lavatory, headmistress, blowjob, leader, composure, boss, fellatio, noodle, nogginhead(noun)
Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.Synonyms:
poise, caput, principal, blowjob, chief, headmaster, headmistress, toilet, fellatio, boss, leader, lavatory, noodle, oral sex, noggin, loaf, composure, bonce, blow job, nuthead(noun)
The glans penis.Synonyms:
lavatory, caput, oral sex, boss, poise, headmistress, loaf, fellatio, blowjob, noodle, principal, bonce, toilet, leader, chief, headmaster, nut, composure, blow job, nogginhead(noun)
A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.Synonyms:
chief, noggin, principal, caput, headmistress, loaf, noodle, bonce, fellatio, blow job, nut, blowjob, lavatory, poise, composure, oral sex, boss, headmaster, toilet, leaderhead(noun)
Placed at the top or the front.Synonyms:
poise, principal, noggin, leader, composure, chief, boss, fellatio, caput, bonce, toilet, loaf, blowjob, headmaster, oral sex, blow job, lavatory, noodle, nut, headmistress, first, tophead(noun)
A headland.Synonyms:
headmaster, lavatory, principal, headmistress, composure, fellatio, chief, boss, blowjob, noodle, noggin, nut, blow job, toilet, bonce, caput, oral sex, poise, leader, loafhead(noun)
The part of hard drives responsible for reading and writing data.Synonyms:
principal, leader, chief, noggin, boss, oral sex, headmistress, fellatio, blow job, loaf, bonce, caput, nut, blowjob, toilet, poise, composure, headmaster, noodle, lavatoryhead(noun)
The part of hard drives responsible for reading and writing data.Synonyms:
mindhead(noun)
The part of hard drives responsible for reading and writing data.Synonyms:
tophead(noun)
The part of hard drives responsible for reading and writing data.head(noun)
Coming from in front.Synonyms:
oral sex, lavatory, noggin, nut, poise, blowjob, noodle, toilet, chief, bonce, leader, blow job, principal, boss, composure, loaf, caput, headmistress, headmaster, fellatioAntonyms:
tailhead(noun)
The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor.Synonyms:
oral sex, blowjob, nut, headmaster, composure, poise, leader, caput, fellatio, boss, noggin, lavatory, blow job, principal, chief, loaf, noodle, toilet, headmistress, boncehead(noun)
The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked.Synonyms:
fellatio, blowjob, loaf, boss, headmistress, composure, noggin, nut, leader, oral sex, toilet, lavatory, poise, headmaster, bonce, principal, noodle, blow job, chief, caputhead(noun)
The principal operative part of a simple machine or tool.Synonyms:
poise, bonce, principal, oral sex, composure, leader, chief, blowjob, headmistress, headmaster, noodle, blow job, loaf, toilet, noggin, fellatio, boss, lavatory, nut, caputhead(noun)
The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.Synonyms:
oral sex, headmaster, lavatory, composure, loaf, bonce, caput, leader, blow job, toilet, noodle, nut, boss, chief, principal, poise, blowjob, headmistress, fellatio, nogginhead(noun)
The front, as of a queue.Synonyms:
nut, bonce, composure, headmistress, toilet, caput, poise, blow job, lavatory, headmaster, blowjob, oral sex, chief, noggin, noodle, leader, principal, fellatio, boss, loaf
English Synonyms and Antonyms, by James Champlin Fernald
head
A topic (Greek topos, place) is a head of discourse. Since a topic for discussion is often stated in the form of a question, question has come to be extensively used to denote a debatable topic, especially of a practical nature — an issue; as, the labor question; the temperance question. In deliberative assemblies a proposition presented or moved for acceptance is called a motion, and such a motion or other matter for consideration is known as the question, since it is or may be stated in interrogative form to be answered by each member with a vote of "aye" or "no;" a member is required to speak to the question; the chairman puts the question. In speaking or writing the general subject or theme may be termed the topic, tho it is more usual to apply the latter term to the subordinate divisions, points, or heads of discourse; as, to enlarge on this topic would carry me too far from my subject; a pleasant drive will suggest many topics for conversation.
Synonyms:
division, issue, matter, motion, point, proposition, question, subject, theme, topic
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