Word Meanings - LEADER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc. ; also, a line of gut, to which the snell of a fly hook is attached. A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one. 2. The first, or the principal,

Additional info about word: LEADER

A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc. ; also, a line of gut, to which the snell of a fly hook is attached. A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one. 2. The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article. A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face. pl. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor. Especially: One who goes first. One having authority to direct; a chief; a commander. A performer who leads a band or choir in music; also, in an orchestra, the principal violinist; the one who plays at the head of the first violins. A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places. A horse placed in advance of others; one of the forward pair of horses. He forgot to pull in his leaders, and they gallop away with him at times. Hare. A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of LEADER)

• Chieftain
• Captain
• general
• chief
• commander
• head man
• leader
• Director
• Ruler
• controller
• manager
• master
• guide
• Head
• Top
• crown
• ruler
• mind
• source
• section
• division
• topic
• gathering
• culmination
• crisis
• leadership
• acme
• summit
• Soul
• Spirit
• vital principle
• life
• reason
• intellect
• vitality
• fire
• inspirer
• energy
• courage
• fervor
• affection
• feeling
• being
• person

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  Without a chief or leader.
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