head ache

Questions about head ache

What does head ache mean?

head ache means "pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs".

What is another word for head ache?

Close synonyms include headache, cephalalgia. 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 head ache a common word?

head ache is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.