Headwind

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Opposition	Against the grain, against the current, against the stream, against the wind, against the tide; with a headwind; with the wind ahead, with the wind in one's teeth.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Commercial Usage: Headwind

Domain	Title
Books	Headwind (reference) Headwind [BARGAIN PRICE] (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Usage Frequency: Headwind

"Headwind" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Headwind" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Headwind

Modern Translations: Headwind

Language		Translations for "headwind"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏الريح المقابلة, ‏ريح المعاكسة. (various references)

Czech		protivítr (head-wind). (various references)

French		vent contraire (head wind). (various references)

German		Gegenwind (head wind, opposing wind). (various references)

Hebrew		רוח � �'�"ית. (various references)

Hungarian		szembeszél (upwind), ellenszél (counterblow, cross-wind, dead wind, noser, upwind). (various references)

Norwegian		motvind. (various references)

Pig Latin		eadwindhay

Spanish		viento en contra (opposing wind), viento de proa, viento contrario (noser). (various references)

Turkish		pruva rüzgârı, karşıdan esen rüzgâr. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations & Misspellings: Headwind

Derivations
	Words beginning with "headwind": headwinds. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Headwind" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: headwound. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Rhyming with "Headwind"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "headwind" (pronounced he"dwi'nd)
5	-d w i' n d	woodwind.
4	-w i' n d	sequined, whirlwind.
3	-i' n d	underpinned, undisciplined.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Anagrams: Headwind

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-h-i-n-w"
	-2 letters: dawned, dwined, handed, hidden, waddie, wahine, whined, winded.
	-3 letters: aided, awned, dawed, dawen, dewan, dined, diwan, dwine, haded, hawed, hided, nided, waded, waned, whine, widen, wined.
	-4 letters: aide, anew, awed, dawn, dead, dean, deni, died, dine, hade, haed, haen, hand, head, hewn, hide, hied, hind, hwan, idea, nide, wade, wadi, wain, wand, wane, wean, wend, when, whid, whin, wide, wind, wine.
	-5 letters: add, aid, ain, and, ane, ani, awe, awn, dad, dah, daw, den, dew, did, die, din, edh, end, had, hae, haw, hen, hew, hid, hie, hin, nae, nah, naw, new, wad, wae, wan, wed, wen, wha, win.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-d-e-h-i-n-w"
	+1 letter: headwinds.
	+2 letters: sandwiched.
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