adj
Meaning 1
Intoxicating or stupefying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The cocktail was a heady mixture of spirits.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
heady
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈhɛdi/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɛdi
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CMU ARPABET: HH EH1 D IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Tending to upset the mind or senses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- We looked out from a heady outcrop of rock.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Exhilarating or exciting; producing a feeling of high energy or confidence
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The rock concert was a heady mixture of their greatest hits.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Exhilarating or exciting; producing a feeling of high energy or confidence:
rapid, substantial, or breakneck in growth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Qualifier: typically of economic or industrial trends
Examples
- The heady pace of manufacturing stands in contrast to some of the recent news on how consumers are faring.
- This follows some heady gains in hourly wages for retail workers.
- Home sales remained steady, although running slightly below the previous month's heady pace.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Intellectual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Kierkegaard is rather heady reading for a high school student.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 6
Rash or impetuous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He made such heady promises that when the time came, he was never able to fulfill them.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 7
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 8
marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences-Macaulay
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: foolhardy, rash, reckless
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: intoxicating
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 10
marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- judicious use of one's money
- a wise decision
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: judicious, wise
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English hedi, hevedi, equivalent to head + -y.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: упоителен (upoitelen) — intoxicating or stupefying
- Bulgarian: опияняващ (opijanjavašt) — intoxicating or stupefying
- Czech: opojný — intoxicating or stupefying
- Czech: omamný — intoxicating or stupefying
- German: berauschend — intoxicating or stupefying
- Polish: odurzający — intoxicating or stupefying
- Polish: mocny — intoxicating or stupefying
- Russian: опьяняющий (opʹjanjajuščij) — intoxicating or stupefying
- Russian: дурманящий (durmanjaščij) — intoxicating or stupefying
- Serbo-Croatian: opojan — intoxicating or stupefying
- Finnish: vaikeatajuinen — intellectual
- German: verkopft — intellectual
- Polish: bystry — intellectual
- Bulgarian: стремителен (stremitelen) — rash or impetuous
- Bulgarian: неудържим (neudǎržim) — rash or impetuous
- German: ungestüm — rash or impetuous
- Polish: gwałtowny — rash or impetuous
- Russian: поспешный (pospešnyj) — rash or impetuous
- Serbo-Croatian: plahovit — rash or impetuous
- Serbo-Croatian: stremeći — rash or impetuous