Head and Lower

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

Lower is an antonym for head in chief topic.

Lower

Lower adjective - Having not so great importance or rank as another.

Head is an antonym for lower.

Nearby Words: lowered, lowering, lowermost, lowercase

Common collocations

bit head bit lower bit
weapon head weapon lower weapon

Both words in one sentence

  • Videogame / Subnautica The Sea Dragon Leviathan is a crocodilian with squid tentacles for its lower half, and the Emperor Leviathan is similar but with an insectoid/crustacean head.
  • Characters / Bleach Hollows Notably, it was aimed at Ulquiorra's head, but it was the lower half of Ulquorra's body that was incinerated.
  • Phil Connors, the protagonist of Groundhog Day (until he removed his head from his lower intestines.)
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