head starts
Racing handicap allowances
Head starts are advantages gained by beginning before others or from a more favorable position.
The term comes from racing, where a head start means starting ahead of competitors: The younger kids got head starts in the footrace.
More broadly, any early or advantageous beginning: Her internship gave her a head start in the job market.
Self-directed action capacity
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
- potentialLatent capacity for development
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
- ambitionDesire for achievement
aspiration · launchpad · career · growth · development · education · scholarship · training
Initial advantage given
- edgeBoundary or sharpness
- boostUpward push or increase
- leadDense metal, symbol Pb
- vantagePosition of advantage
upper-hand · preferential · priority · leeway · favoritism · privilege · benefit · ascendancy
Frontmost starting spot
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
- qualifyingMeeting required criteria
- green flagSignal meaning proceed
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
acceleration · lap · checkered flag · dragster · circuit · countdown · blocks · pistol
Measurable difference between things
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
- socioeconomicRelating to income and status
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- gapUnfilled space between
exclusion · elitism · classism · bias · unfairness · disadvantage · segregation · stratification
initiative
Self-directed action capacity
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
- potentialLatent capacity for development
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
ambition · aspiration · launchpad · career · growth · development · education · scholarship · training · mentorship
leg-up
Initial advantage given
vantage · upper-hand · preferential · priority · leeway · favoritism · privilege · benefit · ascendancy · preeminence
pole position
Frontmost starting spot
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
- qualifyingMeeting required criteria
- green flagSignal meaning proceed
sprint · acceleration · lap · checkered flag · dragster · circuit · countdown · blocks · pistol · revving
disparity
Measurable difference between things
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
- socioeconomicRelating to income and status
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
gap · exclusion · elitism · classism · bias · unfairness · disadvantage · segregation · stratification · inequity
head startshandicaps
Imposed competitive disadvantages
disadvantages · setbacks · obstacles · impediments · hindrances
head, start, heads, starts, headed, heading, header, headers, headless