headquarter

Main office location

Headquarter is a verb meaning to establish or locate a base of operations: The company is headquartered in Chicago.

Nearly always used in passive form.

The noun headquarters, from which it derives, is more common—the verb feels slightly awkward to some speakers, who prefer "has its headquarters in" to "is headquartered in."

hub

central

In the middle, primary

networkInterconnected system
nexusConnecting central point
nodeConnection point in networks

core · epicenter · focal · coordination · operations · main · principal · flagship · anchor · gateway

corporate

office

Professional work location

executiveSenior organizational leader
managementOrganizing and directing resources
boardroomCorporate decision venue

CEO · CFO · enterprise · multinational · conglomerate · administration · global · regional · shareholder · stakeholder

military

base

Supporting bottom structure

garrisonStationed military force
commandAuthoritative instruction given
barracksSoldiers' residential building

fortress · encampment · operations · deployment · strategic · tactical · bunker · Pentagon · battalion · regiment

Opposites

organizational centrality

headquarterbranch office

Remote corporate location

satellite office · field office · regional office · branch · local branch

permanence and establishment

headquarterfield station

Remote scientific research facility

mobile unit · forward base · itinerant · decentralize · disperse

Phrases

regional headquartersLocal administrative center
police headquartersMain law enforcement building
corporate headquartersFirm's primary administrative location
army headquartersMilitary operational control center
company headquartersPrimary corporate office location
party headquartersPolitical organization's main office

Family

headquarters, headquartered, headquartering

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G