headful

Cranium packed full

A headful is as much as a head can hold—usually referring to thoughts, ideas, or knowledge.

Someone with a headful of worries is preoccupied with concerns.

A headful of hair describes abundant hair.

The word suggests fullness or abundance of whatever the head contains: She arrived with a headful of plans for the renovation.

overwhelmed

burdened

Carrying a heavy load

overloadedBurdened past capacity
swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
floodedCovered with water

saturated · stuffed · crammed · packed · teeming · buzzing · racing · spinning · swimming · cluttered

thoughts

ideas

Mental creations or plans

worriesPersistent mental unease
concernsSources of worry
memoriesStored past experiences

dreams · plans · notions · questions · doubts · fears · fantasies · images · impressions · musings

quantity

abundance

Ample supply, overflowing

plentySufficient quantity, and then some
wealthAbundance of valuable resources
massQuantity of matter

load · heap · volume · profusion · multitude · surplus · excess · collection · accumulation · store

Opposites

mental quantity/fullness

headfulempty-headed

Lacking sense or intelligence

blank mind · thoughtlessness · vacuousness · mindlessness · obliviousness

AMOUNT/QUANTITY (general)

headfulemptiness

Absence of substance

nothing · none · absence · a little · a few

Family

head, ahead, handful, heading, mouthful, heads, headline, airhead, pinhead

Familiarity: Top 200,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G