Synonyms of head-on

head-on

adverb

ˈhed-ˈȯn 

as in head-to-head

in direct confrontation or competition

the underdog team met its more talented opponent head-on and won the hockey game through sheer grit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• head-to-head
• one-on-one
• toe-to-toe
• face-to-face
• eyeball-to-eyeball
• mano a mano

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of head-on

An Upstate New York woman has died and three Connecticut teenagers were injured in a head-on crash in New Fairfield, Conn. —Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2025

The 24-year-old was allegedly driving recklessly – speeding and passing in a no-passing zone – when another motorist who was swerving to avoid Lacy crashed head-on into another vehicle. —Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 13 Jan. 2025

In Grand Junction, Colo., a shiny new police car drove into a municipal parking lot on a routine assignment, slowly cruised around as the driver checked the left side and his companion checked the right, smacked head-on into a telephone pole. —John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025

From the June 2022 issue: How politics poisoned the evangelical Church Pretty straightforward, and a head-on challenge to the world. —James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025