Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to spearhead
Participle: spearheaded
Gerund: spearheading
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | spearhead |
| you | spearhead |
| he;she;it | spearheads |
| we | spearhead |
| you | spearhead |
| they | spearhead |
Perfect
| I | have spearheaded |
| you | have spearheaded |
| he;she;it | has spearheaded |
| we | have spearheaded |
| you | have spearheaded |
| they | have spearheaded |
Past
| I | spearheaded |
| you | spearheaded |
| he;she;it | spearheaded |
| we | spearheaded |
| you | spearheaded |
| they | spearheaded |
Pluperfect
| I | had spearheaded |
| you | had spearheaded |
| he;she;it | had spearheaded |
| we | had spearheaded |
| you | had spearheaded |
| they | had spearheaded |
Future
| I | will spearhead |
| you | will spearhead |
| he;she;it | will spearhead |
| we | will spearhead |
| you | will spearhead |
| they | will spearhead |
Future Perfect
| I | will have spearheaded |
| you | will have spearheaded |
| he;she;it | will have spearheaded |
| we | will have spearheaded |
| you | will have spearheaded |
| they | will have spearheaded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | spearhead |
| you | spearhead |
| he;she;it | spearhead |
| we | spearhead |
| you | spearhead |
| they | spearhead |
Perfect
| I | have spearheaded |
| you | have spearheaded |
| he;she;it | have spearheaded |
| we | have spearheaded |
| you | have spearheaded |
| they | have spearheaded |
Imperfect
| I | spearheaded |
| you | spearheaded |
| he;she;it | spearheaded |
| we | spearheaded |
| you | spearheaded |
| they | spearheaded |
Pluperfect
| I | had spearheaded |
| you | had spearheaded |
| he;she;it | had spearheaded |
| we | had spearheaded |
| you | had spearheaded |
| they | had spearheaded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would spearhead |
| you | would spearhead |
| he;she;it | would spearhead |
| we | would spearhead |
| you | would spearhead |
| they | would spearhead |
Perfect
| I | would have spearheaded |
| you | would have spearheaded |
| he;she;it | would have spearheaded |
| we | would have spearheaded |
| you | would have spearheaded |
| they | would have spearheaded |
Imperative
| you | spearhead |
| we | Let's spearhead |
| you | spearhead |
Verbs conjugated like 'spearhead'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'spearhead'
deadhead,
scarehead,
speedread,
spread,
superheat,
apartheid,
aread,
arread,
behead,
beread,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English spere-hed; equivalent to spear + head.
Sample Sentences
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He spearheaded the entire project from day one.
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Newcastle have put themselves within touching distance after a fantastic run which has been spearheaded by the goals of Senegal striker Cisse. [2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2018:]
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George Monks spearheaded the project to solve this problem with a funicular, and work on the Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway (L&LCR) began in 1887. [2021 January 13, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Spectacular funiculars”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 53:]
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Musk is betting that lonely users will trade their cash (and last shreds of their connection to human life) for a bot that is explicitly designed to flirt with sad men, as the saddest man on Earth spearheaded it. [2025 July 16, Luis Prada, “Elon Musk’s Grok AI Now Includes a Pornographic Waifu Chatbot”, in Vice, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2025:]
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Bessent has also been spearheading trade negotiations. Last week he traveled to Sweden to meet with Chinese trade officials to discuss extending the current tariff rates in place on both countries’ goods. This comes as there’s a looming August 12 deadline for the two sides to extend rates or face higher tariffs. [2025 August 5, Elisabeth Buchwald, “Trump says Scott Bessent no longer in the running for Fed chair”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2025:]