Meanings
nounsubhead (plural subheads)
plural subheads
- A subheading or subtitle
Allow me now to reprint the headline and subhead from a story in the Sunday Star […]
2009 January 27, Vinay Menon, “Toronto's more than just a motto”, in Toronto Star
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From sub- + head. Piecewise doublet of subchef and subchief.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Untertitel, Zwischenzeile
- Untertitelsubheading
- Zwischenzeilesubheading
Cite this entry
APA
subhead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subhead
MLA
“subhead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subhead. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subhead,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subhead.
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