lead
verb
[ liːd ]
• cause (a person or animal) to go with one by holding them by the hand, a halter, a rope, etc. while moving forward.
• "she emerged leading a bay horse"
Similar:
guide,
conduct,
show,
show someone the way,
lead the way,
usher,
escort,
steer,
pilot,
marshal,
shepherd,
accompany,
see,
take,
help,
assist,
• be a route or means of access to a particular place or in a particular direction.
• "the door led to a long hallway"
Similar:
open on to,
give on to,
connect with/to,
provide a route to,
communicate with,
• be in charge or command of.
• "a military delegation was led by the Chief of Staff"
Similar:
be the leader of,
be the head of,
preside over,
hold sway over,
head,
command,
direct,
govern,
rule,
be in charge of,
be in command of,
be in control of,
have control of,
have charge of,
regulate,
supervise,
superintend,
oversee,
chair,
run,
mastermind,
orchestrate,
control,
conduct,
guide,
be at the helm of,
take the chair of,
administer,
organize,
manage,
dominate,
master,
reign over,
domineer,
be in power over,
head up,
run the show,
call the shots,
Opposite:
serve in,
• have the advantage over competitors in a race or game.
• "he followed up with a break of 105 to lead 3-0"
Similar:
be ahead,
be winning,
be in front,
be out in front,
be in the lead,
be first,
come first,
Opposite:
be losing,
lose,
• have or experience (a particular way of life).
• "she's led a completely sheltered life"
lead
noun
• the initiative in an action; an example for others to follow.
• "Britain is now taking the lead in environmental policies"
Similar:
first position,
head place,
forefront,
primacy,
dominance,
superiority,
precedence,
ascendancy,
pre-eminence,
supremacy,
advantage,
edge,
upper hand,
whip hand,
head start,
Opposite:
last position,
• a position of advantage in a contest; first place.
• "the team burst into life and took the lead"
Similar:
leading,
first,
top,
foremost,
front,
head,
chief,
principal,
main,
most important,
premier,
paramount,
prime,
primary,
leading position,
leading place,
first place,
advance position,
van,
vanguard,
ahead,
in front,
winning,
leading the field,
to the fore,
up front,
• the chief part in a play or film.
• "she had the lead in a new film"
Similar:
leading role,
star/starring role,
star part,
title role,
principal part,
star,
principal character,
male lead,
female lead,
leading man,
leading lady,
hero,
heroine,
protagonist,
• a strap or cord for restraining and guiding a dog or other domestic animal.
• "the dog is our constant walking companion and is always kept on a lead"
• a wire that conveys electric current from a source to an appliance, or that connects two points of a circuit together.
• the distance advanced by a screw in one turn.
• an artificial watercourse leading to a mill.
Origin:
Old English lǣdan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leiden and German leiten, also to load and lode.
lead
noun
• a soft, heavy, ductile bluish-grey metal, the chemical element of atomic number 82. It has been used in roofing, plumbing, ammunition, storage batteries, radiation shields, etc., and its compounds have been used in crystal glass, as an anti-knock agent in petrol, and (formerly) in paints.
• an item or implement made of lead.
• graphite used as the part of a pencil that makes a mark.
• "scrawls done with a bit of pencil lead"
• a blank space between lines of print.
Origin:
Old English lēad, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch lood ‘lead’ and German Lot ‘plummet, solder’.