headshot

Face-only professional photo

A headshot is a photograph focused on someone's face and shoulders, typically used for professional purposes like acting portfolios, corporate websites, or social media profiles: She updated her LinkedIn headshot.

In video games and action contexts, a headshot is a shot that strikes the head, usually causing maximum damage or instant death: He got the kill with a clean headshot.

lethal

fatal

Causing death or ruin

bullet · wound · gunshot · sniper · target · ballistic · casualty · murder · death · marksman

photography

portrait

Artistic depiction of someone

backdrop · pose · retouch · cropped · professional · LinkedIn · resume · casting · audition · modeling

gaming

frag

Attack with grenade

killstreak · clutch · fps · pwn · elimination · snipe · aim · crosshair · reticle · multiplayer

precision

aim

Purpose or direction

bullseye · sharpshooter · steady · sighting · scoped · zeroing · dead-eye · focus · alignment · calibration

Categories
Opposites
photographic framing/body coverage

headshotfull-length portrait

Painting capturing entire figure

body shot · wide shot · long shot · establishing shot · group photo

shot placement (gaming/combat)

headshotbody shot

Strike to the midsection

gut shot · miss · graze · flesh wound · center mass

fatality vs non-fatal (violence context)

headshotflesh wound

Shallow cut, no organs

graze · near miss · warning shot

Family

head, shot

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13