headed
Was in charge
Headed describes something having a head or heading in a direction.
A two-headed coin has faces on both sides.
A headed letter has a printed letterhead.
More commonly, headed indicates movement toward a destination: We're headed home, The country is headed for disaster.
To be headed somewhere is to be going there, literally or figuratively.
Top-ranking leader
- captainOne who commands
- directorOne who leads
- bossWorkplace superior
- commanderPerson with authority over others
chairman · foreman · helmsman · spearheaded · led · managed · supervised · oversaw
Device showing cardinal directions
- bearingPosture or orientation
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- coursePlanned path forward
- routePath from A to B
destination · navigation · wayfinding · bound · oriented · aimed · northward · southward
Secured or destined
- travelingMoving from place to place
- journeyingAct of traveling somewhere
- en routeCurrently in transit
- offNot functioning
going · departing · setting out · making way · proceeding · advancing · approaching · nearing
chief
Top-ranking leader
commander · chairman · foreman · helmsman · spearheaded · led · managed · supervised · oversaw · coordinated
compass
Device showing cardinal directions
- bearingPosture or orientation
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- coursePlanned path forward
route · destination · navigation · wayfinding · bound · oriented · aimed · northward · southward · eastward
bound
Secured or destined
- travelingMoving from place to place
- journeyingAct of traveling somewhere
- en routeCurrently in transit
off · going · departing · setting out · making way · proceeding · advancing · approaching · nearing
crowned
Given royal authority ceremonially
surmounted · adorned · garnished · cabbage · lettuce · nail · pin · bolt · arrow · spear
letterhead
Branded formal stationery
- stationeryCorrespondence writing materials
- mastheadNewspaper's ownership box
- bannerDisplayed strip with message
headline · header · caption · memo · document · paper · column · section · chapter · notepaper
headedleaderless
Having no one directing
unled · rudderless · directionless · undirected · unguided
- head over heelsUtterly and deeply enamored
- heads or tailsFlip outcome options
- heads upAdvance warning notice
- head outBegin one's departure
- head to toeCovering the whole body
- head offPrevent by acting first
head, heading, heads, headless, behead, beheading, beheaded, headship, beheadings