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Synonyms for head
get something into your head
go over your head
Synonyms
- 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
Synonyms
- make someone conceited
- puff someone up
- make someone full of themselves
head for something or someone
keep your head
Synonyms
- stay calm
- stay cool
- remain unruffled
- keep your shirt on
- maintain your equilibrium
lose your head
Synonyms
- panic
- go to pieces
- get hysterical
- get flustered
- lose your self-control
- lose control of yourself
- lose your composure
Synonyms for head
the uppermost part of the body
the seat of the faculty of intelligence and reason
one who is highest in rank or authority
someone who directs and supervises workers
a mass of bubbles in or on the surface of a liquid
a term or terms in large type introducing a text
having or exercising authority
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
head off: to block the progress of and force to change direction
Synonyms for head
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals
that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings
a person who is in charge
the front of a military formation or procession
the pressure exerted by a fluid
the source of water from which a stream arises
(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
the educator who has executive authority for a school
a user of (usually soft) drugs
a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
the part in the front or nearest the viewer
a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
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
(usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head
the striking part of a tool
(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
a projection out from one end
a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
oral stimulation of the genitals
be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
be in the front of or on top of
form a head or come or grow to a head
