Head
Head verb - To go on a specified course or in a certain direction.
Shadow
Shadow verb - To go after or on the track of.
Usage example: shadowing the suspect to see what he was up to
How words are described
| human | human head | human shadow |
| old | old head | old shadow |
| female | female head | female shadow |
| full | full head | full shadow |
| Other adjectives: normal, original, actual, real, male, massive, large, enormous, huge, ugly, cold, main, gigantic, flying, last, different, literal, said, giant, demonic, humanoid. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The concept of a living shadow is deconstructed - when the Shadow becomes the king and orders its former master beheaded, it loses its own head.
Source: Living Shadow -
Family Guy parodied this, showing a deBeers-style shadow-person commercial, at the end of which the female shadow's head slowly descended to suggestively near crotch level.
Source: Sex for Product - House: In one episode, a man became his own shadow when he had a neurological problem that caused him to spout whatever came into his head.
Source: Shadow Archetype
Cite this Source
Shadow and Head. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/head/shadow
Head & Shadow. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/head/shadow>.
Shadow or Head. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/head/shadow.
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