Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

headlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: head-like
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the form of a head or a skull.

Etymology

From head + -like. Piecewise doublet of cheflike.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: head

Inflected Forms

more headlike (comparative) most headlike (superlative) head-like (alternative)

Synonyms

cephaloid

Questions

What does headlike mean?: Having the form of a head or a skull.
Where does headlike come from?: From head + -like. Piecewise doublet of cheflike.

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