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Meaning of HEADLESS

Pronunciation:  'hedlis

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  not having a head or formed without a head ; "the headless horseman"; "brads are headless nails"
  2. [adj]  not using intelligence
 

HEADLESS is a 8 letter word that starts with H.

 

 Synonyms: acephalous, beheaded, brainless, decapitated, stupid, unintelligent
 
 Antonyms: headed
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Head"less\, a. [AS. he['a]fodle['a]s.]
1. Having no head; beheaded; as, a headless body, neck, or
   carcass.

2. Destitute of a chief or leader. --Sir W. Raleigh.

3. Destitute of understanding or prudence; foolish; rash;
   obstinate. [Obs.]



   Witless headiness in judging or headless hardiness in
   condemning.                                 --Spenser.

 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: brainless, crownless, foolish, ignorant, inept, insensate, irrational, lackbrained, lean-minded, lean-witted, mindless, not bright, of little brain, pea-brained, pin-brained, reasonless, senseless, slackminded, slackwitted, topless, ungifted, unintellectual, unintelligent, unreasoning, untalented, unthinking, unwise, witless
 

 

 

 

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