Head and Less

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Head

Head adjective - Highest in rank or authority.
Usage example: as head editor at the TV station for 17 years, he has hired and fired innumerable staff members
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Less is an antonym for head.
Nearby Words: heading, headland, headship, headband, headed

Less

Less adjective - Having not so great importance or rank as another.
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Head is an antonym for less.
Nearby Words: lessen, lessening
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  • Through the Eyes of Madness: As Sara's journal entries progress, it becomes less and less clear if all the weird goings on are actually happening, or just in her and Constance's head.
    Source: Literature / The Red Tree 2009
  • Over-the-Shoulder Carry A popular variation, Mariko Yoshida's air raid crash, is instead a fireman's carry which makes the head planting easier, if less painful looking.
    Source: Over-the-Shoulder Carry
  • One of the pilots actually protests that they should attack the train from head-on instead, to give the defensive gunners on the train less of a chance to shoot them back.
    Source: Standard Hollywood Strafing Procedure
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