Headword

//ˈhɛdwɜːd//

Synonyms for "headword" (6 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)
base form

Strong matches (1)

Noun(1 words)
basic form

Related words (3)

Noun(2 words)
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10 relation types

More general

4 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

5 entries

coordinate

6 entries

derived

1 entries

derived from

2 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

2 entries

part of

2 entries

related to

11 entries

Translations

43 translations across 25 languages.

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Armenian

1 entries
  • գլխաբառ noun (word used as the title of a section)

Catalan

1 entries
  • entrada noun (word used as the title of a section)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 標題字 /标题字 noun (word used as the title of a section)

Dutch

1 entries
  • trefwoord noun (word used as the title of a section)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • kapvorto noun (word used as the title of a section)

Finnish

3 entries
  • hakusana noun (word used as the title of a section)
  • jälkiosa noun (word modified by an adjunct)
  • pääsana noun (word modified by an adjunct)

French

2 entries
  • mot vedette noun (word used as the title of a section)
  • vedette noun (word used as the title of a section)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ვოკაბულა noun (word used as the title of a section)
  • სასათაურო სიტყვა noun (word used as the title of a section)

German

3 entries
  • Schlagwort noun (word used as the title of a section)
  • Stichpunkt noun (word used as the title of a section)
  • Stichwort noun (word used as the title of a section)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • alaptag noun (word modified by an adjunct)
  • címszó noun (word used as the title of a section)
  • fej noun (word modified by an adjunct)
  • főtag noun (word modified by an adjunct)

Italian

1 entries
  • voce noun (word used as the title of a section)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 見出し語 noun (word used as the title of a section)

Latvian

1 entries
  • šķirklis noun (word used as the title of a section)

Māori

1 entries
  • kupu matua noun (word used as the title of a section)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • oppslagsord noun (word used as the title of a section)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • одреднїца noun (word used as the title of a section)

Polish

1 entries
  • hasło noun (word used as the title of a section)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • entrada noun (word used as the title of a section)

Romanian

1 entries
  • cuvânt-titlu noun (word used as the title of a section)

Russian

1 entries
  • загла́вное сло́во noun (word used as the title of a section)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • ceannfhacal noun (word used as the title of a section)

Spanish

4 entries
  • entrada noun (word used as the title of a section)
  • lema noun (word used as the title of a section)
  • lexía noun (word used as the title of a section)
  • palabra capital noun (word used as the title of a section)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kidahizo noun (word used as the title of a section)

Swedish

2 entries
  • stickord noun (word used as the title of a section)
  • uppslagsord noun (word used as the title of a section)

Welsh

1 entries
  • prifair noun (word used as the title of a section)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

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In "a very discerning car shopper", "shopper" is the headword.

Source: wiktionary

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