'Headline' definitions:
Definition of 'headline'
From: WordNet
noun
The heading or caption of a newspaper article [syn: headline, newspaper headline]
verb
Publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline
verb
Provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline
Definition of 'Headline'
From: GCIDE
- Headline \Head"line`\ (-l[imac]n`), n.
- 1. (Print.) The line at the head or top of a page. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Naut.) See Headrope. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Journalism) A title for an article in a newspaper, sometimes one line, sometimes more, set in larger and bolder type than the body of the article and indicating the subject matter or content of the article. [PJC]
- 4. A similar title at the top of the newspaper indicating the most important story of the day; also, a title for an illustration or picture. [PJC]
Definition of 'headline'
From: GCIDE
- headline \head"line`\ (-l[imac]n`), v. t.
- 1. To mention in a headline. [PJC]
- 2. To furnish with a headline (senses 1, 3, or 4). [PJC]
- 3. To publicise prominently in an advertisement. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'headline'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- banner,
- banner head,
- be a gas,
- be a hit,
- bill,
- bomb,
- caption,
- dramatize,
- drop head,
- dropline,
- epigraph,
- fail,
- feature,
- flop,
- hanger,
- head,
- head up,
- heading,
- jump head,
- legend,
- make a hit,
- melodramatize,
- motto,
- mount,
- open,
- open a show,
- overline,
- premiere,
- present,
- preview,
- produce,
- put on,
- rubric,
- running head,
- running title,
- scarehead,
- scenarize,
- screamer,
- set the stage,
- spread,
- spreadhead,
- stage,
- star,
- streamer,
- subhead,
- subheading,
- subtitle,
- succeed,
- superscription,
- theatricalize,
- title,
- title page,
- try out