HEADWORD Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word headword. (close relations)
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Best Alternative Words for HEADWORD
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| entry | nounn | |||||||
noun • an item inserted in a written record • the act of beginning something new • a written record of a commercial transaction • something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition) • something that provides access (to get in or get out) • the act of entering | ||||||||
| lemma | nounn | |||||||
noun • a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition • the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae • the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry | ||||||||
| keyword | nounn | |||||||
noun • Any word used as the key to a code. • Any word used in a reference work to link to other words or other information. • A reserved word used to identify a specific command, function etc. • Any word that occurs in a text more often than normal. verb • To tag with keywords, as for example to facilitate searching. | ||||||||
| head | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains • a single domestic animal • that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason • a person who is in charge • the front of a military formation or procession • the pressure exerted by a fluid • the top of something • the source of water from which a stream arises • (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent • the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates) • the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head • a dense cluster of flowers or foliage • the educator who has executive authority for a school • an individual person • a user of (usually soft) drugs • a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) • a rounded compact mass • the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container • the part in the front or nearest the viewer • a difficult juncture • forward movement • a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer • the subject matter at issue • a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about • the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint • 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 • (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head • the striking part of a tool • (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship • a projection out from one end • a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum • oral stimulation of the genitals verb • to go or travel towards • be in charge of • travel in front of; go in advance of others • be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel • direct the course; determine the direction of travelling • take its rise • be in the front of or on top of • form a head or come or grow to a head • remove the head of | ||||||||
| head word | nounn | |||||||
noun • a content word that can be qualified by a modifier • (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent | ||||||||
