Head
Head verb - To be at the front of.
Usage example: heading the procession at the dog show was a miniature poodle, followed by dogs seemingly of every breed
Tail
Tail verb - To go after or on the track of.
Usage example: tailed my brother-in-law to see where he was going at that time of the evening
How words are described
| human | human head | human tail |
| thick | thick head | thick tail |
| full | full head | full tail |
| long | long head | long tail |
| Other adjectives: similar, original, fake, true, green, round, small, actual, entire, real, massive, large, huge, tiny, black, white, new, flaming, severed, shaped, different, said, giant. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The name also crops up during the very first bonus mission already, long before anyone can make head or tail of it.
Source: Video Game / Dead Space 3 - The other example is Twinmold, two giant centipedes; their only weak points are the head and the tail.
Source: Attack the Tail -
While you could destroy the Spiders to make the Centipede smaller, the only way to deal damage to the boss itself is to attack the head or tail.
Source: Segmented Serpent
Cite this Source
Tail and Head. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/head/tail
Head & Tail. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/head/tail>.
Tail or Head. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/head/tail.
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