head up

1. 1.

   be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel

   “This student heads the class”

   Synonymshead

   Broaderbe

Questions about head up

What does head up mean?

head up means "be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel".

What is another word for head up?

Close synonyms include head. 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 up a common word?

head up 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.