heady

1. 1.

   marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters

   “judicious use of one's money”

   “a wise decision”

   Synonymsjudiciouswise

   Similarprudent
2. 2.

   extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic

   Synonymsintoxicating

   Similarexciting
3. 3.

   marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences

   “foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker”

   “became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans”

   “a reckless driver”

   “a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest”

   Synonymsfoolhardyrashreckless

   Similarbold

Other forms of heady

comparative or superlative

headier

comparative or superlative

headiest

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 heady

What does heady mean?

heady means "marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in heady?

heady has 2 syllables: head-y. The stress falls on "head". In IPA it is /ˈhɛdi/.

What is another word for heady?

Close synonyms include judicious, wise, intoxicating, foolhardy, rash. 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 heady a common word?

heady 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.