large-headed
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Definition
- 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
- having a large head