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headed¹

  • /ˈhɛdɪd/

Rhymes with -ɛdɪd

adjective

  1. not comparable Of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name, address, etc. preprinted at the top.

    Opposite: unheaded, headless

  2. in compounds, not comparable Having a head or brain with specified characteristics. a large-headed caricature of a politician

    Similar: minded

  3. in compounds, not comparable Having hair of a specified color.
  4. not comparable, of hardware Having been headed: having had a head formed (by deformation such as die-stamping).

    Opposite: headless, unheaded

headed²

  • /ˈhɛdɪd/

Rhymes with -ɛdɪd

Where it comes from

See head (verb).

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of head Smith headed the team last summer.

adjective

  1. in compounds, not comparable Heading in a certain direction. southward-headed caravans

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: oriented, headlike, mature, burr-headed, orientated, addressed, ruled, staffed, edited, called, titled, designed, guided, supervised, directorate, address

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Chicago

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@misc{headed_2026,
  title = {headed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/headed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}