head

NOUNVERB /hɛd/
4 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH H

head is a valid 4-letter word worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
H4E1A1D2
4 + 1 + 1 + 2 =8 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 16TRIPLE WORD → 24
MEANING

What does head mean?

NOUN · 22 SENSES
1

(computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk.

SYNONYMS
READ/WRITE HEAD
BROADER
2

A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about.

“the heading seemed to have little to do with the text”

BROADER
3

A V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer.

SYNONYMS
BROADER
4

A difficult juncture.

“matters came to a head yesterday”

SYNONYMS
5

Forward movement.

“the ship made little headway against the gale”

SYNONYMS
6

Oral stimulation of the genitals.

“they say he gives good head”

SYNONYMS
7

A dense cluster of flowers or foliage.

“a head of cauliflower”

“a head of lettuce”

SYNONYMS
8

The subject matter at issue.

“under the head of minor Roman poets”

SYNONYMS
9

The source of water from which a stream arises.

“they tracked him back toward the head of the stream”

10

A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea).

NARROWER
11

(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent.

SYNONYMS
BROADER
12

A membrane that is stretched taut over a drum.

SYNONYMS
BROADER
13

An individual person.

“tickets are $5 per head”

BROADER
14

A projection out from one end.

“the head of the nail”

“a pinhead is the head of a pin”

BROADER
NARROWER
15

A rounded compact mass.

“the head of a comet”

16

A single domestic animal.

“200 head of cattle”

17

A user of (usually soft) drugs.

“the office was full of secret heads”

18

(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship.

19

A person who is in charge.

“the head of the whole operation”

SYNONYMS
BROADER
RELATED
20

That part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves.

21

The foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container.

“the beer had a large head of foam”

BROADER
22

The front of a military formation or procession.

“the head of the column advanced boldly”

“they were at the head of the attack”

ANTONYMS
BROADER
RELATED
VERB · 6 SENSES
1

Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling.

RELATED
2

Be in charge of.

“Who is heading this project?”

SYNONYMS
BROADER
3

Be in the front of or on top of.

“The list was headed by the name of the president”

BROADER
4

Form a head or come or grow to a head.

“The wheat headed early this year”

BROADER
5

Remove the head of.

“head the fish”

6

Take its rise.

“These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas”

AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of head

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