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head 
noun
- the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains; "he stuck his head out the window"
Synonyms: caput - a single domestic animal; "200 head of cattle"
- that which is responsible for one''s thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn''t get his words out of my head"
Synonyms: brain, mind, nous, psyche - a person who is in charge; "the head of the whole operation"
Synonyms: chief, top dog - the front of a military formation or procession; "the head of the column advanced boldly"; "they were at the head of the attack"
Antonyms: rear - the pressure exerted by a fluid; "a head of steam"
- the top of something; "the head of the stairs"; "the head of the page"; "the head of the list"
Antonyms: foot - the source of water from which a stream arises; "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream"
Synonyms: fountainhead, headspring - (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
Synonyms: head word - the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
- the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head; "he is two heads taller than his little sister"; "his horse won by a head"
- a dense clusters of flowers or foliage; "a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce"
Synonyms: capitulum - the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"
Synonyms: head teacher, principal, school principal - an individual person; "tickets are $5 per head"
- a user of (usually soft) drugs; "the office was full of secret heads"
- a rounded compact mass; "the head of a comet"
- the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container; "the beer had a large head of foam"
- the part in the front or nearest the viewer; "he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column"
Synonyms: forefront - a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday"
Synonyms: pass, straits - forward movement; "the ship made little headway against the gale"
Synonyms: headway - a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north"
Synonyms: point - the subject matter at issue; "the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets"
Synonyms: question - a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text"
Synonyms: header, heading - the rounded end of a bone that bits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint; "the head of the humerus"
- 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
Synonyms: read/write head - (usually plural) an obverse side of a coin that bears the representation of a person''s head; "call heads or tails!"
Antonyms: tail - the striking part of a tool; "the head of the hammer"
- (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
- a projection out from one end; "the head of the nail", "a pinhead is the head of a pin"
- a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
Synonyms: drumhead - oral-genital stimulation; "they say he gives good head"
Synonyms: oral sex
verb
- to go or travel towards; "where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains"
- be in charge of; "Who is heading this project?"
Synonyms: lead - travel in front of; go in advance of others; "The procession was headed by John"
Synonyms: lead - be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel; "This student heads the class"
Synonyms: head up - direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
Synonyms: channelise, channelize, direct, guide, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer - take its rise; "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"
- be in the front of or on top of; "The list was headed by the name of the president"
- form a head or come or grow to a head; "The wheat headed early this year"
- remove the head of; "head the fish"
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