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Synonyms for leader
ˈli dərlead·er

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Wiktionary3.0 / 6 votes

  1. leadernoun

    Any person or thing that leads or conducts.

    Synonyms:
    conductor, guide

  2. leadernoun

    Synonyms:
    conductor

  3. leadernoun

    Synonyms:
    alpha, pack leader

  4. leadernoun

    Synonyms:
    drive wheel, driver

  5. leadernoun

    One having authority to direct.

    We elected her team leader.

    Synonyms:
    chieftain, chief, commander

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 1 vote

  1. leader

    Synonyms:
    chief, director, guide, pioneer, head

    Antonyms:
    follower

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. leadernoun

    a person who rules or guides or inspires others

    Synonyms:
    drawing card, loss leader

    Antonyms:
    follower

  2. drawing card, loss leader, leadernoun

    a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers

    Synonyms:
    attraction, attracter, drawing card, draw, loss leader, attractor

    Antonyms:
    follower

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Editors Contribution1.0 / 2 votes

  1. kapo

    a jew who was put in charge by ss guards to force labor or administrative tasks on other jews.

    the kapo told us that we were to get a weeks worth of sleep so that we could work well.

    Submitted by anonymous on December 16, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. leadernoun

    Synonyms:
    guide, director, conductor, corypheus, cock of the walk, cock of the roost, first fiddle

  2. leadernoun

    Synonyms:
    chief, chieftain, commander

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. leadernoun

    Synonyms:
    guide, commander, corypheus, pilot, bellwether, protagonist, chief

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How to use leader in a sentence?

  1. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy:

    Americans should be a leader in health care and not have continual rise in price.

  2. Brian Hart:

    But the war will be a much taller task. The key question is whether, and to what extent, Xi tries to use The Chinese leader leverage to shape Russia’s behavior in the war going forward, so far, we have not seen Xi take tangible steps to try to bring the war to an end.

  3. Vladimir Putin:

    He is an absolute leader of the presidential race, as we see it today. He says that he wants to move to another level relations, a deeper level of relations with Russia.

  4. Nikolai Svanidze:

    It's an Asian tradition, countries with authoritarian regimes always try to publish their leader's most sparkling expressions even if those expressions are not that sparkling.

  5. James Comey:

    To their everlasting shame, the leaders --( Senate Majority Leader Mitch) McConnell,( House Judiciary CommitteeHours Speaker Paul) Ryan -- refused, i think they're going to have a hard time explaining that to history.


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