Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having a large head: Describes a person, animal, or object whose head is notably big in proportion to the rest of its body.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The large-headed puppy stumbled as it tried to walk.
  • The statue was a large-headed caricature of the politician.
  • Some dinosaur species are known to have been large-headed.

Advanced Usage

• In technical/scientific descriptions: The term is often used in biology, paleontology, or medicine to describe a physical characteristic.
  • The fossil record shows a large-headed hominid species.
• In figurative/critical contexts: It can be used to describe stylized art or to imply clumsiness or oddity.
  • The cartoon character is drawn with a large-headed, small-bodied style.

Variants and Related Words

• Large-headedness (noun): The state or condition of having a large head.
  • The large-headedness of the breed is a distinctive feature.

Synonyms

• Macrocephalic (adjective): Having an abnormally large head (medical/technical term).
• Big-headed (adjective): Can be synonymous in a literal sense, though it more commonly means "conceited."

Antonyms

• Small-headed (adjective): Having a small head.
• Microcephalic (adjective): Having an abnormally small head (medical/technical term).

Adjective

1. having a large head