'Leader' definitions:
Definition of 'leader'
(from WordNet)
noun
A person who rules or guides or inspires others [ant: follower]
noun
A featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers [syn: drawing card, loss leader, leader]
Definition of 'Leader'
From: GCIDE
- Leader \Lead"er\, n.
- 1. One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor. Especially: (a) One who goes first. (b) One having authority to direct; a chief; a commander. (c) (Mus.) 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. (d) (Naut.) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places. (e) (Mach.) The principal wheel in any kind of machinery. [Obs. or R.] --G. Francis. (f) A horse placed in advance of others; one of the forward pair of horses. [1913 Webster]
- He forgot to pull in his leaders, and they gallop away with him at times. --Hare. (g) A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor. (h) (Fishing) 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. (i) (Mining) A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Print.) (a) A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face. (b) pl. a row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: chief; chieftain; commander. See Chief. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'leader'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- A per se,
- ace,
- AG,
- analysis,
- ancestor,
- announcer,
- antecedent,
- article,
- article of commerce,
- article of merchandise,
- attorney general,
- avant-garde,
- band leader,
- band major,
- bandmaster,
- bell cow,
- bell mare,
- bellwether,
- bidet,
- big cheese,
- big wheel,
- big-timer,
- bigwig,
- bone of contention,
- born leader,
- boss,
- buccinator,
- bushwhacker,
- captain,
- carriage horse,
- cart horse,
- catechism,
- cavalry horse,
- chairman,
- champion,
- charismatic leader,
- chief,
- chieftain,
- choirmaster,
- choragus,
- civilian,
- cock,
- commandant,
- commander,
- comment,
- commentary,
- commentation,
- commodity,
- conductor,
- corporation lawyer,
- coryphaeus,
- court-appointed lawyer,
- criminal lawyer,
- critical review,
- criticism,
- critique,
- cross-interrogatory,
- cross-question,
- DA,
- dean,
- debating point,
- defense counsel,
- demand,
- dignitary,
- director,
- district attorney,
- doyen,
- doyenne,
- draft horse,
- dray horse,
- driving horse,
- drug,
- drum major,
- duce,
- editorial,
- eminence,
- explorer,
- feature,
- feeler,
- file leader,
- fill horse,
- filler,
- forebear,
- foregoer,
- foreman,
- forerunner,
- front runner,
- frontiersman,
- fugleman,
- gaffer,
- general,
- genius,
- gigster,
- gloss,
- groundbreaker,
- guide,
- hack,
- hackney,
- harbinger,
- head,
- headman,
- herald,
- hierarch,
- high priest,
- higher-up,
- honcho,
- hunter,
- important person,
- innovator,
- inquiry,
- inspired leader,
- interrogation,
- interrogative,
- interrogatory,
- issue,
- item,
- jument,
- junior counsel,
- Kapellmeister,
- KC,
- kingfish,
- kingpin,
- laureate,
- law agent,
- lead,
- lead item,
- lead runner,
- leader of men,
- leading article,
- leading card,
- leading question,
- lion,
- loss leader,
- luminary,
- Mahdi,
- main feature,
- manager,
- master,
- messenger,
- messiah,
- moot point,
- mount,
- mouthpiece,
- nonpareil,
- notability,
- notice,
- number one,
- orchestra leader,
- pacemaker,
- pacesetter,
- pack horse,
- palfrey,
- paragon,
- pathfinder,
- personage,
- pilot,
- pioneer,
- plow horse,
- point,
- point at issue,
- point in question,
- pole horse,
- polo pony,
- post-horse,
- precedent,
- precentor,
- precursor,
- predecessor,
- principal,
- private attorney,
- problem,
- prodigy,
- product,
- prosecuting attorney,
- prosecutor,
- public prosecutor,
- publicist,
- QC,
- query,
- question,
- question at issue,
- question mark,
- quodlibet,
- rector,
- remark,
- remount,
- report,
- review,
- rider,
- riding horse,
- ringleader,
- road horse,
- roadster,
- rouncy,
- ruler,
- running commentary,
- saddle horse,
- saddler,
- scout,
- seconds,
- senior,
- shaft horse,
- silk,
- silk gown,
- solicitor general,
- special,
- special pleader,
- SSC,
- stalking-horse,
- standard article,
- standard-bearer,
- staple,
- staple item,
- star,
- stormy petrel,
- straw boss,
- stuff gown,
- stuff-gownsman,
- sumpter,
- sumpter horse,
- superintendent,
- superior,
- superman,
- superstar,
- symphonic conductor,
- the greatest,
- the most,
- thill horse,
- thiller,
- top dog,
- topic,
- torchbearer,
- trailblazer,
- trailbreaker,
- trial balloon,
- US attorney,
- vanguard,
- vaunt-courier,
- vendible,
- vexed question,
- virtuoso,
- voortrekker,
- ware,
- wheeler,
- wheelhorse,
- workhorse,
- write-up
Words containing 'Leader'
- leaders,
- Bear leader,
- File leader,
- Thief leader,
- business leader,
- civic leader,
- civil leader,
- floor leader,
- labor leader,
- loss leader,
- majority leader,
- military leader,
- minority leader,
- national leader,
- nationalist leader,
- political leader,
- puppet leader,
- religious leader,
- spiritual leader,
- strike leader,
- Fair-leader,
- american revolutionary leader,
- civil rights leader