forehead

1. 1.

   the part of the face above the eyes

   Synonymsbrow

   Broaderfeature

   Part offace

   Partstrichion
2. 2.

   the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits

   Synonymsfrontal boneos frontale

   Broadermembrane bone

   Part ofcranium

   Partsglabellametopionophryonfrontal eminence

Other forms of forehead

plural

foreheads·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about forehead

What does forehead mean?

forehead means "the part of the face above the eyes". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in forehead?

forehead has 2 syllables: fore-head. The stress falls on "fore". In IPA it is /ˈfɔɹhɛd/.

What is another word for forehead?

Close synonyms include brow, frontal bone, os frontale. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is forehead a common word?

forehead is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.