Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "headline" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

newspaper

Causes Desire

read news

Coordinate Terms

byline dateline

Defined As

title of news story

Derived Terms

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Derived From

head line

Context

entertainment journalism nautical publication

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

advertise advertize furnish head header heading offer provide publicise publicize render supply

Type Of (IsA)

heading news

Manner Of

advertise supply

Part Of

newspaper newspaper article

Related Terms

Article components

Related Terms

article attraction bill headrope magazine newspaper

Similar Terms

byline

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.