Synonyms for leader
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Commander — any person who leads or directs. One having authority to direct
commander, chief, captain, chieftain, head, standard-bearer, champion, director, boss, principal, master, mistress, cock dated
2. Conductor — someone or something that leads or conducts. The drive wheel in any kind of machinery
3. Loss leader
Other
pioneer, protagonist, first violinist, concertmaster US, pilot, alpha, bell-wether, drain pipe, downspout, corypheus rare, fugleman rare, intertitle rare
Definitions
- n. 1
Any person who leads or directs. One having authority to direct.
We elected her team leader.
- n. 2
Someone or something that leads or conducts. The drive wheel in any kind of machinery.
- n. 3
Any person who leads or directs.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- leaders → commanders, chiefs, captains, chieftains…
Example sentences
- chief High tariffs are the chief obstacles to free trade.
- captain The captain breathed new life into his tired crew.
- commander Yanni remained commander of the aircraft carrier.
- chieftain The one with the unique headdress is the chieftain.
- driver The police blamed the accident on the taxi driver.
By length
- 4 letters
- head1, boss1, cock1
- 5 letters
- chief1, guide1, pilot2, alpha2
- 6 letters
- master2, driver2
- 7 letters
- captain2, pioneer3
- 8 letters
- director3, champion3, mistress2, fugleman
- 9 letters
- commander3, principal3, conductor3, chieftain2, downspout, corypheus
- 10 letters
- intertitle
- 11 letters
- protagonist4
- 13 letters
- concertmaster4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pilot2 = 2 syllables).