headrest

1. 1.

   a cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash

   Synonymshead restraint

   Broadercushion

   Part ofcar seat
2. 2.

   a rest for the head

   Broaderrest

Other forms of headrest

plural

headrests·

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 headrest

What does headrest mean?

headrest means "a cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in headrest?

headrest has 2 syllables: head-rest. The stress falls on "head". In IPA it is /ˈhɛˌdɹɛst/.

What is another word for headrest?

Close synonyms include head restraint. 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 headrest a common word?

headrest 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.

What rhymes with headrest?

4 words rhyme with headrest. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.