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Synonyms for Leading
ˈlɛd ɪŋlead·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
lead, leadingnoun
thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
Synonyms:
lead, star, jumper cable, pencil lead, lead-in, tip, jumper lead, atomic number 82, leadership, wind, lead story, hint, lede, spark advance, trail, principal, tether, leash, booster cable, track, leading, confidential information, steerleadership, leadingadjective
the activity of leading
"his leadership inspired the team"
Synonyms:
leaders, leading, lead, leadershipleading(p), prima(p), star(p), starring(p), stellar(a)adjective
indicating the most important performer or role
"the leading man"; "prima ballerina"; "prima donna"; "a star figure skater"; "the starring role"; "a stellar role"; "a stellar performance"
leading(a), preeminentadjective
greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
"our greatest statesmen"; "the country's leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist"
leadingadjective
going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way
"we rode in the leading car"; "the leading edge of technology"
Synonyms:
prima(p), starring(p), leading(p), in the lead, leading(a), stellar(a), preeminent, star(p), ahead(p)ahead(p), in the lead, leadingadjective
having the leading position or higher score in a contest
"he is ahead by a pawn"; "the leading team in the pennant race"
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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
leadingadjective
Synonyms:
chief, principal, premiere, influential, guiding
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "leading":
leadership, main, lead, prominent, major, principal, resulting, leaders, leader, eminent, guiding, driving, key, senior, dominant, primary, culminating, conducive, top, preponderant, causing, leading-edge, advanced, conducting, pioneering
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
leading
Synonyms:
Lead intoxication (a local use by British miners)
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#104 | top | |
#373 | main | |
#443 | advanced | |
#569 | key | |
#638 | major | |
#639 | star | |
#701 | track | |
#1176 | lead | |
#1243 | primary | |
#1445 | senior | |
#1465 | leading | |
#1899 | wind | |
#2023 | driving | |
#2047 | leader | |
#2231 | leadership | |
#2315 | leaders | |
#2765 | tip | |
#2831 | principal | |
#3242 | trail | |
#3453 | resulting | |
#5804 | causing | |
#7338 | conducting | |
#7834 | dominant | |
#8513 | prominent | |
#8915 | hint | |
#12050 | guiding | |
#16239 | eminent | |
#16778 | steer | |
#19296 | pioneering | |
#22449 | leash | |
#24389 | conducive | |
#30661 | culminating | |
#46828 | preeminent | |
#49084 | tether | |
#148641 | lede | |
#192580 | preponderant |
How to use Leading in a sentence?
Entomology can function as a leading indicator for ecology, the fact that this insect was spotted in a region that it hasn’t been seen in over half a century tells us something more broadly about the environment.
Leading up to my graduation, I had my mind set on becoming a journalist. But this year it is really too hard.
It will help children eat better now, as soda is the leading source of calories in children's diets, it also helps to set kids on a path toward healthier eating in the future, with fewer kids becoming conditioned to think that soda should be a part of every eating out occasion.
We've no intention of replacing or leading anyone, and I suggest American friends study and understand more about China's 5,000 years of accumulated historical and cultural traditions and not just blindly apply American thinking to judge China, if they're clear on this point, the prospects for Sino-U.S. ties will become bright.
I don't have specific expectations except to try to move things forward, that will depend on the conversations themselves as to what it is that we're able to define in the context of steps that might be taken so people understand that in fact leaders are leading and making a serious effort to try and resolve the current ... conflict.
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