EGAVE

headless

About 0.48 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Without a head (body part). Synonym of decapitated.
    How did the headless horseman see to chase Ichabod?
  2. adjective Synonym of decapitated.
    How did the headless horseman see to chase Ichabod?
  3. adjective Naturally having and needing no head.
    headless invertebrates
  4. adjective Without a head (hardware or device feature).
    a headless nail; a headless set screw
  5. adjective Without leadership.
    The headless army blundered along after the death of their general, accomplishing nothing.
  6. adjective Not having a head morpheme or word.
  7. adjective Running without a graphical user interface; running without any attached output device (e.g., monitor) or input device (e.g., keyboard, mouse).
  8. adjective Without a head of foam.

Similar words

acephalous unintelligent brainless stupid decapitated beheaded unattended unmet revenant bareheaded

Often followed by

body horseman and corpse trunk bodies man statue chicken

Word family

headlessness headlessnesses

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