head

n

1. skull, cranium, cephalon, brainpan, poll, pate, Inf. sconce, Archaic. mazard, Archaic. costard; All Inf. upstairs, upper story, belfry, noggin, dome; All Sl. bean, nut, nob, noodle, noddle, crumpet, gourd, conk.

2. intellect, mind, intelligence, wit, wisdom, genius; grain, sensorium, sensory, Inf. gray matter, Latin, mens. nous, Fr. esprit; understanding, wits, sense, reason, rationality, sensibility.

3. authority, command, reins, control, charge, lead; throne, place of honor, first place, top, helm, wheel; primacy, dominion, priority, precedence; captaincy, headship, directorship, leadership.

4. leader, chief, commander, chieftain, senior, captain; director, manager, superintendent, controller, supervisor, Inf. boss, administrator; master, principal, headmaster, dean, provost; chairman, governor, president, premier, prime minister.

5. top, summit, tip, peak, vertex, crest; pitch, acme, apex, crown, pinnacle, zenith, apogee; upper part, cap, brow, Latin, caput; nib, end, extremity, spike, cusp, point.

6. front, fore, forepart, forefront, forecourt, face, proscenium; vanguard, van, front line, avant-garde, point.

7. climax, culmination, issue, pitch, consummation, crescendo; crisis, critical point, cap, turning point, failsafe, juncture, crossroads.

8. froth, foam, suds, lather, puff, collar.

9. promontory, headland, foreland; cape, hook, spur, point, bill, tongue, Scot. mull; reef, spit, breakwater, jetty, jutty.

10. origin, provenience, rise, source, fount, font, fountainhead; well, wellspring, spring, wellhead, headwater; mainspring, springhead, riverhead.

11.Nautical. bow, prow, nose, jib, bowsprit, fore, stem, figurehead.

12.Nautical. toilet, lavatory, rest room, water closet, Sl. john, Sl. can, latrine, commode.

13. bracket, cadre, section, division, category, class, designation, heading; chapter, rubric, title, caption, headline; topic, subject, theme, text, motif, point, issue.

14. come to a head

culminate, climax, crown, consummate, ripen; crest, overtop, surmount, go over the top.

15. head over heels

a. intensely, passionately, ardently, perfervidly, vehemently, earnestly; completely, thoroughly, fully.b. impulsively, impetuously, rashly, wildly, quixotically; carelessly, heedlessly, recklessly.

16. heads up

Informal. watch out, watch it, fore, look out, be careful; duck, look out below, gardyloo. 494

17. keep one’s head

remain calm, keep one's wits about oneself, keep cool, Inf. keep one's cool, Inf. roll with the punches.

18. lose one’s head

lose control, explode, blow up, Inf. lose one's cool, become excited; Sl. flip out, Sl. blow one's lid, Sl. flip one's lid, Sl. freak out.

adj

19. first, chief, leading, premier, main, principal, cardinal; supreme, paramount, capital; crowning, culminating, capping, consummating; zenithal, apical, meridian, acmic; maximal, extreme, ultimate.

20. frontal, fore, anterior, front, forward; topmost, headmost, top, uppermost, overmost, foremost; cephalic, cranial, occipital, sincipital.

21. opposing, counter, contrary, impeditive; oncoming, head-on, fronting.

v

22. lead, precede, lead the way, go first, forerun, forego, antecede; crown, top, surmount, top off, cap; lead off, Inf. kick off; herald, introduce, usher in.

23. outdo, excel, take the lead, beat, best, better; surpass, pass, get ahead of, come to the front; outrank, overbear, outweigh, overbalance; outrun, outride, outstrip, outpace; outdistance, distance, leave behind, leave in the lurch.

24. direct, command, rule, control, regulate, sway; govern, lead, boss, administer; supervise, superintend, oversee; guide, conduct, run, pull the strings; preside, captain, pilot.

25. turn, steer, direct, aim, point; warp, bias, jibe; head for, make for, bear for; move towards, gravitate, tend, induce, lean; verge, bend to, go, point, lead, dispose.

26. head off

intercept, catch, cut off, stop on the way, step in, interpose; stay, restrain, inhibit.