head game

1. 1.

   the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas

   Synonymsdelusionillusion

   Broaderdeception

Questions about head game

What does head game mean?

head game means "the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas".

What is another word for head game?

Close synonyms include delusion, illusion. 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 game a common word?

head game 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.