Definition for Lead:

• the distance a runner on base advances from one base toward the next before the pitch; as, the long lead he usually takes tends to distract the pitchers.

Synonyms for Lead:

• adj.

  •controlled (adjective)
  • effected,
  • supervised,
  • Managed,
  • dominated,
  • Steered,
  • controlled,
  • ordered,
  • harnessed,
  • Superintended,
  • Bridled,
  • administrated,
  • Presided,
  • ruled,
  • directed.
  •directed (adjective)
  • Commanded,
  • Bossed,
  • conducted,
  • mastered,
  • Administered.

• n.

  •
  • brass.
  •
  • bend.
  •cord (noun)
  • guy,
  • hamstring,
  • sinew,
  • binding twine,
  • rein,
  • cord,
  • towline,
  • tendon,
  • shoestring,
  • gut,
  • shoelace,
  • lasso,
  • lace,
  • catgut,
  • umbilical cord,
  • twine,
  • string,
  • lariat,
  • rope.
  •element (noun)
  • carbon,
  • boron,
  • titanium,
  • plutonium,
  • bismuth,
  • rhodium,
  • element,
  • holmium,
  • beryllium,
  • cesium,
  • calcium,
  • silver,
  • aluminum,
  • ytterbium,
  • cadmium,
  • praseodymium,
  • technetium,
  • hafnium,
  • silicon,
  • radon,
  • chromium,
  • osmium,
  • iodine,
  • gold,
  • phosphorus,
  • lutetium,
  • rubidium,
  • radium,
  • sodium,
  • sulfur,
  • palladium,
  • cerium,
  • actinium,
  • hydrogen,
  • selenium,
  • vanadium,
  • nickel,
  • iron,
  • francium,
  • uranium,
  • fluorine,
  • oxygen,
  • neptunium,
  • yttrium,
  • nobelium,
  • manganese,
  • xenon,
  • tantalum,
  • neon,
  • thulium,
  • germanium,
  • neodymium,
  • thallium,
  • nitrogen,
  • protactinium,
  • astatine,
  • gadolinium,
  • argon,
  • arsenic,
  • helium,
  • polonium,
  • thorium,
  • iridium,
  • mercury,
  • chlorine,
  • europium,
  • fermium,
  • bromine,
  • lanthanum,
  • barium,
  • tellurium,
  • zirconium,
  • promethium,
  • ruthenium,
  • mendelevium,
  • californium,
  • cobalt,
  • erbium,
  • terbium,
  • niobium,
  • berkelium,
  • scandium,
  • lithium,
  • antimony,
  • einsteinium,
  • indium,
  • strontium,
  • rhenium,
  • potassium,
  • magnesium,
  • dysprosium,
  • curium,
  • molybdenum,
  • americium,
  • gallium,
  • samarium,
  • krypton,
  • tungsten.

• v.

  •control (verb)
  • discipline,
  • manage,
  • execute,
  • superintend,
  • oversee,
  • bridle,
  • administer,
  • harness,
  • supervise,
  • order.
  •direct (verb)
  • boss,
  • master,
  • lord.
  •influence (verb)
  • bias,
  • power,
  • empower,
  • pressure,
  • prejudice,
  • authorize,
  • affect,
  • influence,
  • sway,
  • predominate.
  •lead (verb)
  • get,
  • bring on,
  • trail-blaze,
  • come first,
  • incline,
  • induce.
  •lead (a life) (verb)
  • spend,
  • pass.
  •precede (verb)
  • anticipate,
  • head off,
  • antecede,
  • predate,
  • Forerun,
  • foreshadow,
  • antedate.
  •preceded (verb)
  • Antedated,
  • Pioneered,
  • trail-blazed,
  • headed off,
  • Preceded,
  • anticipated,
  • predated,
  • Introduced.

• Other synonyms:

  •Pb
  • pb.
  •
  • leading lady,
  • preside over,
  • protagonist.
  •
  • shepherd,
  • guidance.
  •
  • captain.
  •begin
  • introduce.
  •bring
  • prompt.
  •control
  • head up,
  • disciplined.
  •head
  • lead the way.
  •precede
  • Foreran,
  • foreshadowed,
  • anteceded.
  •Other relevant words:
  • devote,
  • warp,
  • sandbag,
  • evoke,
  • procure,
  • lead on,
  • gravitate toward,
  • expend,
  • go before,
  • plumb,
  • put in,
  • go ahead of,
  • provoke,
  • have a tendency,
  • turn,
  • bear,
  • effect,
  • prestige,
  • draw on,
  • braze,
  • plumb line,
  • ascendency,
  • use,
  • sinker,
  • call forth,
  • draw down,
  • lean,
  • leading,
  • verge,
  • steel,
  • plumb rule,
  • prepotence,
  • ascendancy,
  • go in advance,
  • set,
  • lead off,
  • contrive,
  • Prepotency,
  • PRESA,
  • plummet,
  • give to,
  • take the lead,
  • come before,
  • take precedence,
  • aim,
  • employ,
  • precedent,
  • work toward,
  • carry,
  • pointer,
  • bestow,
  • preponderance,
  • transcendency,
  • officer,
  • elicit,
  • trend,
  • obtain,
  • index.

Paraphrases for Lead:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    world-leading.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    executive-led, dominant, preponderant, address.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Leaves, releases, bullets, highlights, launches, leader, Capita, governors, holds, Criteria, Gives, makes.
  • Noun, plural
    results, perpetrators, Charges, managers, workflows, Children, Risks, sites.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    highlights, leader, Capita, trail, result, trendsetter, protagonist, runway, address.
  • Verb, past tense
    Contributed, charged, Brought, Waged, Caused, entrusted, Walked, Referred, needed, wanted, Ran.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Responding.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    owing, contributing, generate, produce, trail, result, involve, carry, culminate, entail, address, engender.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    deals, engages, undertakes, Faces, creates, supervises, brings, Plays, organizes, allows, answers, causes, serves, takes, reports, executes, Bears, ends, refers, Carries, results, links, looks, eyes, goes, accounts.
  • Verb, base form
    thanks, drove, translate, induce, leader, steer, Carrying, generate, Allowed, produce, preach, result, involve, spark, carry, arouse, usher, culminate, entail, Ran, address, mislead, engender, persuade, pave, wreak.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    leading, lead-based, leading-edge, leadership, Pioneering.
  • Proper noun, singular
    leading, leadership.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    forefront, leadership, vanguard, ringleader, avant-garde, helm, advantage, dominance, stewardship.
  • Verb, past tense
    pursued.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    leadership, engage.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    dominates, implements, commands, pursues.
  • Verb, base form
    provoke, leadership, degenerate, preside, engage, test-drive.

Antonyms for Lead:

• adj.

  • avant-garde
    conventional, conservative.
  • Other antonyms:
    repel, inferior, rebuff, subordinate, subsidiary, lesser, ancillary, secondary, alienate, second, assistant, junior, under, less, coadjutor, lower, repulse, reject, estrange, lowly, deputy.

• n.

  • actor
    fan, audience.
  • advantage
    handicap, loss, disadvantage, obstacle, restriction, hindrance, drawback.
  • lead
    last.
  • quantity
    deficit.

• v.

  • accompany
    desert, abandon, leave, withdraw.
  • guide mentally; influence
    take away, take, refuse, shun, subtract.
  • guide physically
    fail, harm, neglect, yield, ignore, discourage, stop, repress, mismanage, dissuade, keep, hurt, hinder, delay, surrender, suppress, prevent, hold, injure.
  • lead
    consent, comply, lose, obey, fall behind, follow.
  • surpass
    be inferior.

Homophones for Lead:

• latitude, latte, lay out, laddie, lit, lido, load, LEDE, Lolita, lute, loti, lathi, lithodidae, lat, leaded, let, layout, lathe, lite, liliidae, looted, low-altitude, loot, lode, low tide, lad, lld, lout, lota, lily-white, lethe, loaded, Ld., loath, late, leda, lade, lotto, lilt, lithe, lewd, lilith, lee tide, lot, lotte, lydia, Leed, LTTE, Luda, Ltd., laity, lady day, layette, lid, lie with, laud, loathe, lidded, loud, loyalty, loth, laid, ludo, Luta, lied, luddite, llud, leyte, laudo, leto, lath, la-di-da, lady, let out, lathee, lloyd, led.

Holonyms for Lead:

• n.

  • act
    cards, card game.

Hypernym for Lead:

• v.

  • communication
    give.
  • motion
    hand, misdirect, usher, mislead, misguide, beacon, show, lead astray.
  • stative
    implicate, entail, lead, necessitate.

Hyponym for Lead:

• n.

  • act
    leading, leadership, play, turn.
  • attribute
    vantage, advantage.
  • location
    position, place.
  • quantity
    score.
  • shape
    angle.

• v.

  • communication
    get, cause, make, stimulate, have, induce.
  • stative
    bring about, be, leave, produce, give rise, make pass, result, lead, pass.