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  1. head-onadjective

    characterized by direct opposition

    "a head-on confrontation"

    Synonyms:
    frontal

    Antonyms:
    back(a), amicable

  2. frontal, head-onadverb

    meeting front to front

    "a frontal attack"; "a head-on collision"

    Synonyms:
    frontal

    Antonyms:
    amicable, back(a)

  3. head-onadverb

    in direct opposition; directly

    "we must meet the problem head-on"

    Antonyms:
    amicable, back(a)

  4. head-onadverb

    with the front foremost

    "the cars collided head-on"

    Antonyms:
    amicable, back(a)

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "head-on":

    frontal, front, frontally, face-to-face

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  1. Elizabeth Warren:

    When you've got a government, when you've got an economy that does great for those with money and isn't doing great for everyone else, that is corruption, pure and simple. We need to call it out. We need to attack it head on, and we need to make structural change in our government, in our economy and in our country.

  2. Mark Esper:

    The United States is facing this challenge head-on, but if we are to preserve the world all of us have created together through decades of shared sacrifice, we must all rise to the occasion.

  3. Jeremy Stefan:

    My dog was a scaredy-cat, my dog would be gone, let alone lay his head on the tracks, that’s making a lot of sound and vibrating, not gonna happen. He’s not gonna just lay there. Stefan added:.

  4. Brian Deese:

    We're in a unique crisis. And the elements of this plan really were designed and are designed to take on that crisis head on.

  5. John Green:

    I view him as a radical and a racist and I don't want to be affiliated with that, but if you say what you mean, a lot of guys see that in Trump and they respect that. He doesn't dance around the issues, he takes them head on. There are a fair amount of our members who do support Donald Trump.


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  • nokka, suoraviivainen, suorasukainenFinnish
  • лобово́й, прямолине́йныйRussian

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