Home › Words › F › frontletfrontlet/ˈfɹʌntlət/frontlet means the forehead.frontlet is pronounced /ˈfɹʌntlət/.EtymologyFrom Old French frontelet, diminutive of frontel. Compare armlet.nounThe forehead.The forehead of an animal, especially of a deer or stag (including the antlers).An ornament worn on the forehead.A bandage or medical preparation worn around the head.e.g.“Frontlets are known to every goodwife: rose-water and vinegar, with a little woman's milk, and nutmegs grated upon a rose-cake applied to both temples.” — 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, sectionDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.foretop 69% match — The top of the head; the top of the forehead. vs frontlet →midforehead 65% match — In the middle of the forehead. vs frontlet →forecrown 64% match — The front of the crown of an animal’s head. vs frontlet →forrad 64% match — Forehead. vs frontlet →foreheadless 63% match — without a forehead vs frontlet →fontally 63% match — In a fontal manner. vs frontlet →frontovertex 61% match — frontal vertex (of an insect head) vs frontlet →frontalis 60% match — A muscle of the forehead, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle. vs frontlet →