Meanings
plural headlights
- A bright light, with a lens and reflector, on the front of a motor vehicle (or originally a ship or train), designed to illuminate the road when driving at night; normally one of a pair.
The indefinite object was drawing away from us at a high speed and eventually disappeared into a veil of atmospherics, very much as a headlight disappearing into a fog.
1965, James Holledge, Flying Saucers Over Australia, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 281 more example
Improving how headlights are designed and controlled does not have to mean choosing between environmental protection and public safety. Smarter lighting that reduces unnecessary brightness and glare can benefit wildlife, improve driver comfort, and support safer nighttime travel.
2026 January 8, Drew Reagan, “A driving source of light pollution: How car headlights are reshaping the nighttime environment”, in DarkSky InternationalSynonyms: headlamp
- USin pluralslangvulgarA woman's breast.
Oh, well. She's got... great... casabas.[…]Well, you know. Melons.[…]Hoo-has? Honkers? Hooters? Headlights? Uh... tatas? Teeters? Tweeters? Tom-toms? Tetons?[…]I'm trying to say it. Uh, meatballs. Mangoes. Cream pies. Cupcakes? Uh... bangers? Bouncers? Bulumbas?[…]Bazongas? Breasts! I said it.
1993, Quantum Leap, season 5, episode 14, spoken by Al Calavicci (Dean Stockwell) - USin pluralslangLysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA bright light, with a lens and reflector, on the front of a motor vehicle (or originally a ship or train), designed to illuminate the road when driving at night; normally one of a pair.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans hooflig
- hoofligbright light in front of vehicle
Brazilian Portuguese farol
- farolbright light in front of vehicle
Bulgarian фар
- фар (far)bright light in front of vehicle
Catalan far
- farbright light in front of vehicle
Chinese Mandarin 車燈 /车灯, 燈 /灯
- 車燈 /车灯 (chēdēng)bright light in front of vehicle
- 燈 /灯 (dēng)bright light in front of vehicle
- 前照燈 /前照灯 (qiánzhàodēng)bright light in front of vehicle
Czech světlomet
- světlometbright light in front of vehicle
Danish kørelys
- kørelysbright light in front of vehicle
Dutch koplamp
- koplampbright light in front of vehicle
Esperanto reflektoro
- reflektorobright light in front of vehicle
Estonian esilatern
- esilaternbright light in front of vehicle
Finnish ajovalo, valonheitin
- ajovalobright light in front of vehicle
- valonheitinbright light in front of vehicle
French phare
- pharebright light in front of vehicle
German Scheinwerfer, Vorderscheinwerfer
- Scheinwerferbright light in front of vehicle
- Vorderscheinwerferbright light in front of vehicle
- Frontscheinwerferbright light in front of vehicle
Greek προβολέας
- προβολέας (provoléas)bright light in front of vehicle
Hebrew פנס
- פנס (panás)bright light in front of vehicle
Hindi हेडलाइट
- हेडलाइट (heḍlāiṭ)bright light in front of vehicle
Hungarian fényszóró
- fényszóróbright light in front of vehicle
Icelandic ökuljós
- ökuljósbright light in front of vehicle
Italian fanale, faro
- fanalebright light in front of vehicle
- farobright light in front of vehicle
- abbagliantibright light in front of vehicle
Japanese ヘッドライト, 前照灯
- ヘッドライト (heddoraito)bright light in front of vehicle
- 前照灯 (zenshōtō)bright light in front of vehicle
Korean 헤드라이트, 전조등
- 헤드라이트 (hedeuraiteu)bright light in front of vehicle
- 전조등 (jeonjodeung)bright light in front of vehicle
Malay lampu puncak
- lampu puncakbright light in front of vehicle
Norwegian Bokmål hovedlykt, kjørelys
- hovedlyktbright light in front of vehicle
- kjørelysbright light in front of vehicle
Polish reflektor
- reflektorbright light in front of vehicle
Portuguese lanterna
- lanternabright light in front of vehicle
Romanian far
- farbright light in front of vehicle
Russian фа́ра
- фа́ра (fára)bright light in front of vehicle
Scottish Gaelic solas mòr, prìomh-sholas
- solas mòrbright light in front of vehicle
- prìomh-sholasbright light in front of vehicle
Slovak svetlomet
- svetlometbright light in front of vehicle
Spanish faro, foco
- farobright light in front of vehicle
- focobright light in front of vehicle
- farolbright light in front of vehicle
Swedish strålkastare, framlykta
- strålkastarebright light in front of vehicle
- framlyktabright light in front of vehicle
- billjusbright light in front of vehicle
Thai ไฟหน้า
- ไฟหน้า (fai-nâa)bright light in front of vehicle
Turkish far
- farbright light in front of vehicle
Ukrainian фа́ра
- фа́ра (fára)bright light in front of vehicle
Vietnamese đèn pha, pha
- đèn phabright light in front of vehicle
- phabright light in front of vehicle
- pha xebright light in front of vehicle
- đènbright light in front of vehicle
Welsh golau blaen, priflamp
- golau blaenbright light in front of vehicle
- priflampbright light in front of vehicle
Yiddish פֿאָנאַר
- פֿאָנאַר (fonar)bright light in front of vehicle
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Cite this entry
headlight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headlight
“headlight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headlight. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “headlight,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headlight.
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