Head
Head noun - The upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth.
Usage example: I hit my head as I went through the low doorway
Scalp and head are semantically related. in top part of an animate body topic. In some cases you can use "Scalp" instead the word "Head" as a noun or a verb.
Both words in one sentence
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Special commendations to a fire extinguisher blowing up a zombie's head, a flare gun lighting a zombie's head on fire, a zombie ripping some dude's scalp off.
Source: Film / Survival of the Dead -
Never Trust a Hair Tonic: Bugs rubs and sprinkles a number of tonics on Elmer's scalp, only for flowers to sprout from his head instead of hair (the last one was actually plant food).
- In the Looney Tunes short Rabbit of Seville Bugs Bunny rubs and sprinkles a number of tonics (including fertilizer) on Elmer Fudd's scalp, only for flowers to sprout from his head instead of hair.
Source: Never Trust a Hair Tonic
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Scalp and Head. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/head/scalp
Head & Scalp. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/head/scalp>.
Scalp or Head. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/head/scalp.
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