head-on
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
characterized by direct opposition
a head-on confrontation
Related & opposite
- hostile similar to
Sense 2 adverb
in direct opposition; directly
we must meet the problem head-on
Sense 3 adjective
meeting front to front
a frontal attack
Related & opposite
- battlefront derivation
- fronta similar to
Sense 4 adverb
with the front foremost
the cars collided head-on
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | hostile |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | battlefront |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | fronta |