Synonyms for head

noun

• (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
• a person who is in charge
• that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
• the educator who has executive authority for a school
• the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
• the part in the front or nearest the viewer
• a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
• a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
• a difficult juncture
• forward movement
• oral stimulation of the genitals
• a dense cluster of flowers or foliage
• the subject matter at issue
• the source of water from which a stream arises
• a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
• (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
• a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum
• an individual person
• a projection out from one end
• a rounded compact mass
• a single domestic animal
• a user of (usually soft) drugs
• (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
• that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves
• the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
• the front of a military formation or procession
• the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head
• the pressure exerted by a fluid
• the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint
• the striking part of a tool
• the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
• the top of something
• (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head

verb

• be in charge of
• be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel
• travel in front of; go in advance of others
• direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
• be in the front of or on top of
• form a head or come or grow to a head
• remove the head of
• take its rise
• to go or travel towards