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lead

the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge; "the lead was in the dummy"

a position of leadership (especially in the phrase `take the lead'); "he takes the lead in any group"; "we were just waiting for someone to take the lead"; "they didn't follow our lead"

mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil

thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing

an advantage held by a competitor in a race; "he took the lead at the last turn"

evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"

the introductory section of a story; "it was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter"

a news story of major importance

(baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base; "he took a long lead off first"

(sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning

the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)

a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey; "the children were playing with lead soldiers"

cause to undertake a certain action; "Her greed led her to forge the checks"

travel in front of; go in advance of others; "The procession was headed by John"

take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"

tend to or result in; "This remark lead to further arguments among the guests"

be ahead of others; be the first; "she topped her class every year"

pass or spend; "lead a good life"

Synonyms:

• T square,
• accent,
• accent mark,
• accomplishment,
• actor,
• administer,
• administrate,
• advance,
• advantage,
• affect,
• aim,
• aluminum,
• americium,
• antagonist,
• antecede,
• antecedence,
• antecedency,
• anteposition,
• anteriority,
• antetype,
• antihero,
• antitype,
• approach,
• archetype,
• arrow,
• ascendancy,
• attend,
• aureate,
• authority,
• ballast,
• bamboozle,
• bar,
• barium,
• be in front,
• be master,
• be responsible for,
• be the bellwether,
• be the front-runner,
• beacon,
• bear,
• begin,
• beguile,
• bell cow,
• bellwether,
• bend,
• bend to,
• beryllium,
• bias,
• bidet,
• biotype,
• bismuth,
• bit,
• bit part,
• blaze,
• blaze the trail,
• bob,
• brass,
• brassy,
• brazen,
• break ground,
• break the ice,
• break the trail,
• bring,
• bring about,
• bring on,
• bring up,
• broach,
• bronze,
• bronzy,
• cable,
• cadmium,
• calcium,
• call forth,
• call the signals,
• cancel,
• captain,
• carriage horse,
• carry,
• carry on,
• cart horse,
• cast,
• catchword,
• cause,
• cavalry horse,
• cerium,
• cesium,
• chain,
• chair,
• chaperon,
• character,
• chief,
• chrome,
• chromium,
• classic example,
• clue,
• cobalt,
• color,
• come before,
• come first,
• command,
• commence,
• compass needle,
• conduce,
• conduct,
• contribute,
• contribute to,
• contrive,
• control,
• convince,
• convoy,
• copper,
• coppery,
• cord,
• create,
• criterion,
• cue,
• cue word,
• cupreous,
• cuprous,
• custos,
• danseur noble,
• dean,
• deanship,
• deceive,
• decide,
• decoy,
• descend,
• determine,
• direct,
• direction,
• direction post,
• discipline,
• dispose,
• distance,
• diva,
• dominion,
• dot,
• doyen,
• draft horse,
• draw down,
• draw on,
• dray horse,
• driving horse,
• drop,
• dysprosium,
• edge,
• effect,
• electronics king,
• elicit,
• engage,
• engender,
• engineer,
• enlist,
• entice,
• epitome,
• erbium,
• escort,
• esquire,
• europium,
• evidence,
• evoke,
• example,
• exceed,
• excel,
• excellence,
• exemplar,
• experience,
• expression mark,
• fat part,
• favor,
• feature attraction,
• feeder,
• fermata,
• ferrous,
• ferruginous,
• fill horse,
• filler,
• finger post,
• first,
• first tragedian,
• fist,
• flex,
• fool,
• foregoing,
• foremost,
• forerun,
• forge ahead,
• front,
• front position,
• fugleman,
• fugler,
• gadolinium,
• gallium,
• genotype,
• germanium,
• get,
• get ahead of,
• get before,
• get going,
• get moving,
• get to do,
• get under way,
• gigster,
• gilt,
• go,
• go ahead of,
• go before,
• go in advance,
• gold,
• gold-filled,
• gold-plated,
• golden,
• govern,
• governance,
• government,
• gravitate,
• greatness,
• guard,
• guidance,
• guide,
• guideboard,
• guidepost,
• hack,
• hackney,
• hand,
• handle,
• handling,
• have a tendency,
• have priority,
• have the start,
• head,
• head the line,
• head the table,
• head up,
• heading,
• headliner,
• heavy,
• heavy lead,
• herald,
• hero,
• heroine,
• hint,
• hold,
• hold a heading,
• holmium,
• honcho,
• hoodwink,
• hot lead,
• hour hand,
• hunter,
• husbandry,
• imitatee,
• inaugurate,
• incline,
• incomparability,
• index,
• index finger,
• indium,
• induce,
• influence,
• ingenue,
• inimitability,
• initiate,
• inspire,
• instigate,
• interest in,
• intimation,
• introduce,
• inveigle,
• invent,
• iridium,
• iron,
• ironlike,
• jeune premier,
• jument,
• key,
• key signature,
• key word,
• kick off,
• king,
• lanthanum,
• lap,
• le pas,
• lead astray,
• lead off,
• lead on,
• lead role,
• lead the dance,
• lead the way,
• leaden,
• leader,
• leadership,
• leading,
• leading lady,
• leading light,
• leading man,
• leading woman,
• lean,
• leash,
• ligature,
• light the way,
• lines,
• lithium,
• live,
• look to,
• lubber line,
• luminary,
• lure,
• lutetium,
• magnesia,
• magnesium,
• main,
• majority,
• make the rules,
• manage,
• management,
• managery,
• managing,
• maneuver,
• manganese,
• manipulate,
• manipulation,
• margin,
• mark,
• marshal,
• master spirit,
• mastermind,
• measure,
• mercurial,
• mercurous,
• mercury,
• metronomic mark,
• milepost,
• minute hand,
• mirror,
• misdirect,
• misguide,
• mislead,
• model,
• molybdenum,
• motivate,
• mount,
• move,
• needle,
• neodymium,
• nickel,
• nickelic,
• nickeline,
• niobium,
• notation,
• obtain,
• officer,
• one-upmanship,
• order,
• ordering,
• original,
• originate,
• osmium,
• outdo,
• outrank,
• outrun,
• outstrip,
• pace,
• pack horse,
• palfrey,
• palladium,
• paradigm,
• paramount,
• part,
• pass,
• pattern,
• pause,
• person,
• personage,
• persuade,
• pewter,
• pewtery,
• phosphorus,
• piece,
• pilot,
• pilotage,
• pioneer,
• platinum,
• play first fiddle,
• plow horse,
• plumb,
• plumb bob,
• plumb line,
• plumb rule,
• plummet,
• plunge,
• point,
• point to,
• pointer,
• pole horse,
• polo pony,
• polonium,
• possibility,
• post-horse,
• potassium,
• potential,
• praseodymium,
• precede,
• precedence,
• precedency,
• precedent,
• preceding,
• precession,
• precipitate,
• precursor,
• predispose,
• predominance,
• predomination,
• preeminence,
• preface,
• preference,
• prefixation,
• prelude,
• premier,
• preponderance,
• prepotence,
• prepotency,
• prerogative,
• presa,
• prescribe,
• present,
• preside over,
• prestige,
• prevail,
• prima ballerina,
• prima donna,
• primacy,
• principal,
• priority,
• privilege,
• procure,
• produce,
• promethium,
• prompt,
• prospect,
• protactinium,
• protagonist,
• prothesis,
• prototype,
• provoke,
• pull the strings,
• quarterback,
• quicksilver,
• radium,
• rank,
• rank first,
• rank out,
• rate,
• recedence,
• redound to,
• regulate,
• regulation,
• remount,
• representative,
• restraint,
• rhenium,
• rider,
• riding horse,
• right-of-way,
• road horse,
• roadster,
• role,
• rouncy,
• route,
• rubidium,
• rule,
• run,
• running,
• ruthenium,
• saddle horse,
• saddler,
• samarium,
• sandbag,
• scandium,
• scent,
• seduce,
• see,
• segno,
• seniority,
• serve,
• set,
• set square,
• set the pace,
• set toward,
• settle,
• shaft horse,
• shepherd,
• show,
• show a tendency,
• show the way,
• side,
• sign,
• signature,
• signboard,
• signpost,
• silver,
• silver-plated,
• silvery,
• singer,
• sink,
• sinker,
• skill,
• skipper,
• slur,
• sodium,
• soften up,
• soubrette,
• spearhead,
• spend,
• spoor,
• square,
• squire,
• stalking-horse,
• stand first,
• stand in front,
• stand over,
• standard,
• star,
• steel,
• steely,
• steer,
• steerage,
• steering,
• straight part,
• strontium,
• subside,
• success,
• suggestion,
• sumpter,
• sumpter horse,
• superinduce,
• superintend,
• superiority,
• superstar,
• supervise,
• supporting character,
• supporting role,
• supremacy,
• surpass,
• sway,
• swell,
• symbol,
• take command,
• take out,
• take precedence,
• take the initiative,
• take the lead,
• take the plunge,
• tantalum,
• technetium,
• telltale,
• tempo mark,
• tempt,
• tend,
• tend to go,
• terbium,
• tether,
• thallium,
• the conn,
• the helm,
• the lead,
• the wheel,
• thill horse,
• thiller,
• thulium,
• tie,
• time signature,
• tin,
• tinge,
• tinny,
• tip,
• tip-off,
• titanium,
• title role,
• tone,
• top dog,
• top priority,
• trace,
• transcendence,
• transcendency,
• trend,
• try square,
• tungsten,
• turn,
• type,
• type species,
• type specimen,
• uranium,
• urgency,
• urtext,
• usher,
• usher in,
• van,
• vanadium,
• vanguard,
• verge,
• vestige,
• villain,
• vinculum,
• virtuosity,
• wait on,
• walk-on,
• walking part,
• warp,
• wear down,
• weigh down,
• weigh with,
• weight,
• weight down,
• wheeler,
• wheelhorse,
• whiff,
• while away,
• wield authority,
• wield the baton,
• wire,
• wolfram,
• work,
• work toward,
• workhorse,
• ytterbium,
• yttrium,
• zinc,
• zirconium