HEADWORD as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry)
   Hypernyms(s) headword is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • word (what does word mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a word that is qualified by a modifier
   Synonym(s)
   • head word (what does head word mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) headword is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • content word (what does content word mean?)
   • open-class word (what does open-class word mean?)