running head

A form of running headline — Text (such as a title) printed at the top of every (or every other) page of a book, newspaper, etc.

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Meanings

nounrunning head (plural running heads)

plural running heads

  1. alternativeAlternative form of running headline.

    Another unexpected issue was faced when the word fuckʼs position as the first entry on the left-hand page of a double-page spread meant it was automatically used for the page's running head[.]

    2021, Pat Manser, More Than Words: The Making of the Macquarie Dictionary, Sydney: Macquarie Dictionary, page 85

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a book

Similar
running headline
Broader
headingheaderhead
Also see
running headlinerunning title

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

running head. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/running%20head

MLA

“running head.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/running%20head. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “running head,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/running%20head.

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