There are so many things you can wear on your head – other than just hair!  (Side note: In English we don’t usually say that a person “wears” hair on their head, it is better to say a person “has” hair on their head.)  This post is all about the different types of things people put on their heads.  If you can think of head coverings that I have not put on the list please add them to this list by making a comment to this post.

hat – a general term used for any shaped covering of the head

wig – a covering for the head made of real or artificial hair, usually worn by people who have lost their real hair
toupee – a small wig or hairpiece worn by men to cover a bald spot
baseball cap – a close-fitting hat with a bill that extends out over the face, originally worn by baseball player to help keep the sun out of their eyes
balaclava or ski mask – this is a hat that covers the whole head, exposing only the upper part of the face and eyes
beret – a soft round cap hat with a bulging flat crown and a tight fitted headband traditionally associated with France but also used by people in the military around the world
fedora – a soft felt hat with a medium brim and lengthwise crease in the top
hard hat or helmet – a round hard plastic hat with a small brim usually used in construction areas to protect the head from injury by falling objects
party hat – a cone shaped hat, usually made of paper and brightly decorated, worn by people at parties
sombrero – a Mexican hat with a very wide round brim that is shaped a bit like a saucer
top hat – a tall, flat-topped round hat, often black, traditionally worn by wealthy men in the 19th and 20th centuries
veil – a piece of fine material worn by women to protect or conceal the face and head
yamaka – a small round cap worn on the top of the head traditionally by Jewish men