head ache

Questions about head ache

What is another word for head ache?

It depends which head ache you mean. In the sense “pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs”, the synonyms are headache, cephalalgia. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of head ache?

WordNet records no antonym for head ache. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for head ache come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of head ache

• Full entry for head acheAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for head acheWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.