redhead

1. 1.

   someone who has red hair

   Synonymsredheaderred-headercarrottop

   Broaderperson
2. 2.

   North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head

   SynonymsAythya americana

   Broaderduck

   Part ofAythya
3. 3.

   black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck

   Synonymsredheaded woodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus

   Broaderwoodpecker

   Part ofMelanerpes

Other forms of redhead

plural

redheads·

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 redhead

What does redhead mean?

redhead means "someone who has red hair". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in redhead?

redhead has 2 syllables: red-head. The stress falls on "red". In IPA it is /ˈɹɛdˌhɛd/.

What is another word for redhead?

Close synonyms include redheader, red-header, carrottop, Aythya americana, redheaded woodpecker. 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 redhead a common word?

redhead is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 redhead?

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