head
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Synonyms for head
mind
forefront
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head teacher
leader
climax
headland
chief
lead
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- lead
- precede
- be the leader of
- be or go first
- be or go at the front of
- lead the way
do your head in
from head to foot
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- from top to toe
- completely
- all over
- entirely
- thoroughly
get something into your head
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- realise
- understand
- get the message
- take it in
- twig
go over your head
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- be baffling
- be perplexing
- be incomprehensible
- be impenetrable
- be beyond comprehension
- be all Greek to you
- be above your head
- be beyond your grasp
go to your head: intoxicate
go to your head: make someone conceited
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- make someone conceited
- puff someone up
- make someone full of themselves
head for something or someone
head over heels
keep your head
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- stay calm
- stay cool
- remain unruffled
- keep your shirt on
- maintain your equilibrium
lose your head
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- panic
- go to pieces
- get hysterical
- get flustered
- lose your self-control
- lose control of yourself
- lose your composure
put your heads together
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- consult
- confer
- discuss
- deliberate
- talk (something) over
- powwow
- confab
- confabulate
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Synonyms for head
the seat of the faculty of intelligence and reason
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one who is highest in rank or authority
someone who directs and supervises workers
a decisive point
to have charge of (the affairs of others)
to move (a weapon or blow, for example) in the direction of someone or something
to proceed in a specified direction
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Synonyms for head
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals
a single domestic animal
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that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings
a person who is in charge
the front of a military formation or procession
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the pressure exerted by a fluid
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the source of water from which a stream arises
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(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
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a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
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the educator who has executive authority for a school
an individual person
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a user of (usually soft) drugs
a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
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a rounded compact mass
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the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
forward movement
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the subject matter at issue
a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
(computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
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(usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
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the striking part of a tool
a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
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oral stimulation of the genitals
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to go or travel towards
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be in charge of
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direct the course
form a head or come or grow to a head
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