LEAD


Meaning of LEAD in English

I. verb

1.

Synonyms: guide , conduct, direct, escort, pilot, route, see, shepherd, show, steer

Related Word: get, induce, persuade, prevail

Contrasted words: drive, impel; coerce, compel, constrain, force, oblige

Antonyms: follow

2.

Synonyms: precede 3, introduce, preface, usher

3.

Synonyms: convert 1, bring, move, persuade

II. noun

Synonyms: leader 1, ||bell cow, bellwether, dean, doyen, guide, pilot

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