Antonyms of noun foot

1 of 11 senses of foot

Sense 3
foot -- (the lower part of anything; "curled up on the foot of the bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the foot of the mountain")
       Antonym of head (Sense 7)
      => head -- (the top of something; "the head of the stairs"; "the head of the page"; "the head of the list")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun foot

11 senses of foot

Sense 1
foot, human foot, pes -- (the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint; "his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from head to foot")
       => vertebrate foot, pedal extremity -- (the extremity of the limb in vertebrates)

Sense 2
foot, ft -- (a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; "he is six feet tall")
       => linear unit, linear measure -- (a unit of measurement of length)

Sense 3
foot -- (the lower part of anything; "curled up on the foot of the bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the foot of the mountain")
       => bottom -- (the lowest part of anything; "they started at the bottom of the hill")

Sense 4
animal foot, foot -- (the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings)
       => vertebrate foot, pedal extremity -- (the extremity of the limb in vertebrates)

Sense 5
foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure -- (lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower")
       => support -- (supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation; "the statue stood on a marble support")

Sense 6
foot, invertebrate foot -- (any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates)
       => organ -- (a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function)

Sense 7
foot -- (travel by walking; "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot")
       => walk -- (the act of walking somewhere; "he took a walk after lunch")

Sense 8
foot -- (a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger)
       => secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative -- (a person secretly employed in espionage for a government)

Sense 9
infantry, foot -- (an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot; "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot")
       => army unit -- (a military unit that is part of an army)

Sense 10
metrical foot, foot, metrical unit -- ((prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm)
       => meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence -- ((prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse)

Sense 11
foot -- (a support resembling a pedal extremity; "one foot of the chair was on the carpet")
       => support -- (any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb foot

3 senses of foot

Sense 1
foot, pick -- (pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill")
       => pay -- (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please")

Sense 2
foot, leg it, hoof, hoof it -- (walk; "let's hoof it to the disco")
       => walk -- (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet")

Sense 3
foot, foot up -- (add a column of numbers)
       => add, add together -- (make an addition by combining numbers; "Add 27 and 49, please!")

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