forehead

/ˈfɔrhɛd/

/ˈfɒhɛd/

Other forms: foreheads

Your forehead is the top part of your face, just below your hairline and above your eyebrows. If you have long bangs, they cover up most of your forehead.

You can also call your forehead your "brow." It's important for communication, since the forehead helps people express basic emotions — muscles in your forehead control the movement of your eyebrows, which help you express concern and anger, among other feelings. Forehead has the Old English roots fore, "the front part," and heafod, "top of the body," or "head."

Definitions of forehead

1. noun

   the part of the face above the eyes
   synonyms: brow

   type of:

   feature, lineament

   the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin
2. noun

   the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits
   synonyms: frontal bone, os frontale

   type of:

   membrane bone

   any bone that develops within membranous tissue without previous cartilage formation; e.g. the clavicle and bones of the skull