headshot

noun

head·​shot ˈhed-ˌshät 

variants or less commonly head shot

plural headshots also head shots

: a photograph of a person's head and face

When you dream of becoming a big actor, the first thing you have to do is make sure you have your headshots done.

—Stephen Adamson

The difference can be seen by comparing her 2016 headshot—which she also used for this year's Miss Michigan competition—to the recently minted headshot that will be the first thing Miss America judges see of her.

—Justine McGuire

The closet doors were covered with taped-up magazine photos of cast members from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, interspersed with a few dewy-eyed head shots of some androgynous blond actors that Nerese couldn't identify …

—Richard Price

When I saw her the next day, I noticed that she had printed out my prof's head shot from his Web site and stuck it on the dartboard in her dorm room.

—Theresa O'Rourke

Examples of headshot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Comment Tap a clue to see a headshot or get more details. —Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025

Another design featured a glamorous headshot of Barrymore. —Catherine Santino, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025

Additionally, students and alumni will have access to professional headshots and Big Interview, an AI online interview practice training system. —Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025

In an Instagram post Monday (March 24), Cyrus shared the project’s cover art — an ethereal headshot of the star gazing into the camera while modeling a crystal 1997 Thierry Mugler headpiece — and revealed that Something Beautiful will arrive May 30 via Columbia Records. —Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 25 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for headshot

• allot
• barat
• begot
• besought
• bethought
• bloodshot
• boycott
• buckshot
• crackpot
• croat
• culottes
• dashpot