Synonyms for headless
- adjective
Most common
beheaded decapitated brainless leaderless acephalous unheaded acephalic
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Decapitated — without a head (body part). Synonym of decapitated
Other
brainless, leaderless, unintelligent, acephalous, unheaded, acephalic
Definitions
- adj. 1
Without a head (body part). Synonym of decapitated.
How did the headless horseman see to chase Ichabod?
Related words
- Word family
- headlessly
- Phrases
- headless genitive
Example sentences
- beheaded Tom was beheaded during the last days of the war.
- decapitated Lorenzo was inches away from getting decapitated.
- brainless What did Brainless and Unhappy do?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| headless | rising | |
| beheaded | rising | |
| decapitated | rising | |
| brainless | rising | |
| leaderless | steady | |
| acephalous | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- beheaded3, unheaded
- 9 letters
- brainless2, acephalic
- 10 letters
- leaderless3, acephalous
- 11 letters
- decapitated5
- 13 letters
- unintelligent
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (beheaded3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- acéphale