HQ

See also: h.q.

English

Alternative forms

• h.q.

Noun

HQ (countable and uncountable, plural HQs)

1. Initialism of headquarters.

   HQ to all personnel. The suspect has been sighted downtown.

Derived terms

• WHQ

Translations

Headquarters

French: QG (fr) m (for "quartier général") Indonesian: mabes (id) Portuguese: QG (pt) m

Adjective

HQ (not comparable)

1. Initialism of high-quality.

   Antonym: LQ

   Coordinate terms: hi-fi, HF, hi-def, HD

Proper noun

HQ

1. Initialism of HAVE QUICK, a frequency-hopping radio system.

Anagrams

• qh

German

Noun

HQ

1. initialism of Hauptquartier

   Synonyms: HQu., H.-Qu.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡaˈke/

Noun

HQ f (plural HQs)

1. (Brazil) initialism of história em quadrinhos

Further reading

• “HQ”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025