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

9 senses of head

Sense 1
head -- (to go or travel towards; "where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains")
       => proceed, go forward, continue -- (move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now")

Sense 2
head, lead -- (be in charge of; "Who is heading this project?")
       => direct -- (be in charge of)

Sense 3
lead, head -- (travel in front of; go in advance of others; "The procession was headed by John")
       => precede, lead -- (move ahead (of others) in time or space)

Sense 4
head, head up -- (be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel; "This student heads the class")
       => be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer")

Sense 5
steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise -- (direct the course; determine the direction of travelling)
       => control, command -- (exercise authoritative control or power over; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces")

Sense 6
head -- (take its rise; "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas")
       => originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow -- (come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose")

Sense 7
head -- (be in the front of or on top of; "The list was headed by the name of the president")
       => lie -- (be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position)

Sense 8
head -- (form a head or come or grow to a head; "The wheat headed early this year")
       => form -- (assume a form or shape; "the water formed little beads")

Sense 9
head -- (remove the head of; "head the fish")
       => remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")

Antonyms of adj headed

4 senses of headed

Sense 1
headed -- (having a heading or course in a certain direction; "westward headed wagons")

INDIRECT (VIA oriented) -> unoriented -- (not having position or goal definitely set or ascertained; "engaged in unoriented study"; "unoriented until she looked at the map")

Sense 2
headed (vs. unheaded) -- (having a heading or caption; "a headed column"; "headed notepaper")

unheaded (vs. headed) -- (not having a heading or caption; "unheaded sections")

Sense 3
headed (vs. headless) -- (having a head of a specified kind or anything that serves as a head; often used in combination; "headed bolts"; "three-headed Cerberus"; "a cool-headed fighter pilot")

headless (vs. headed) -- (not having a head or formed without a head ; "the headless horseman"; "brads are headless nails")
        => acephalous -- (lacking a head or a clearly defined head; "acephalous worms")
        => beheaded, decapitated -- (having had the head cut off; "the beheaded prisoners")

Sense 4
headed -- (of leafy vegetables; having formed into a head; "headed cabbages")

INDIRECT (VIA mature) -> immature -- (not yet mature)

Similarity of adj headed

4 senses of headed

Sense 1
headed -- (having a heading or course in a certain direction; "westward headed wagons")
       => oriented (vs. unoriented), orientated -- (adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination; "the house had its large windows oriented toward the ocean view"; "helping freshmen become oriented to college life"; "the book is value-oriented throughout")

Sense 2
headed (vs. unheaded) -- (having a heading or caption; "a headed column"; "headed notepaper")

Sense 3
headed (vs. headless) -- (having a head of a specified kind or anything that serves as a head; often used in combination; "headed bolts"; "three-headed Cerberus"; "a cool-headed fighter pilot")
       => bicephalous -- (having two heads)
       => burr-headed -- (having a head of straight hair cut very short (hence bristly))
       => headlike -- (having a protuberance that resembles a head)
       => large-headed -- (having a large head)

Sense 4
headed -- (of leafy vegetables; having formed into a head; "headed cabbages")
       => mature (vs. immature) -- (having reached full natural growth or development; "a mature cell")


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