head-to-head

1. 1.

   even or close in a race or competition or comparison

   “the horses ran neck and neck”

   “he won nip and tuck”

   Synonymsneck and necknip and tuck

Questions about head-to-head

What does head-to-head mean?

head-to-head means "involving two persons; intimately private". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in head-to-head?

head-to-head has 5 syllables and divides as he-ad--to--he-ad under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for head-to-head?

Close synonyms include tete-a-tete, neck and neck, nip and tuck, neck and neck, nip and tuck. 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-to-head a common word?

head-to-head 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.