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Synonyms

headed

American  
[hed-id] / ˈhɛd ɪd /

adjective

  1. having a heading or course.

  2. shaped or grown into a head.

  3. having the mentality, personality, emotional control, or quality specified, or possessing a specified number of heads (usually used in combination).

    a slow-headed student; a two-headed monster.
headed British  
/ ˈhɛdɪd /

adjective

    1. having a head or heads

    2. ( in combination )

      two-headed

      bullet-headed

  2. having a heading

    headed notepaper

  3. (in combination) having a mind or intellect as specified

    thickheaded
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • unheaded adjective
  • well-headed adjective

Etymology

Origin of headed

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; head, -ed 3

Example Sentences

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Determining where a ship going into the Gulf is headed in time to seize it might be more difficult, especially if the vessel claimed to be heading to a non-Iranian port, Rowlands said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Some 80% of Middle East crude and crude products are headed to Asia in normal times, with the rest heading to Europe.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Oil prices headed back below $100 a barrel, while stocks climbed.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Platner’s tattoo, then, is a particularly charged showdown between vectors of progressivism headed in opposite directions—the old world and the new.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

A couple of people headed toward the elevators, and Mr. Haber’s secretary was pulling her handbag out of a drawer.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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