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Synonyms for leadership

  • noun

Most common

direction guidance supremacy primacy

All synonyms

Noun

1. Conduct

conduct, direction, guidance, lead, primacy, supremacy, initiative, command, hegemony, headship, leading, mastery, head, domination, predominance

Other

chiefery rare

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The capacity of someone to lead others.

    Wise, determined leadership matters most.

Forms

Plural
leaderships → conducts, directions, guidances, leads…

Example sentences

  • direction The plane flew away in the direction of Hong Kong.
  • guidance Masao studies history under Prof. Ito's guidance.
  • supremacy Layla joined a white-supremacy group.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
leadershipsteady
directionsteady
guidancesteady
supremacysteady
primacyrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
head1, lead1
7 letters
leading2, command2, conduct2, mastery3, primacy3
8 letters
guidance2, hegemony4, headship2, chiefery
9 letters
direction3, supremacy4
10 letters
initiative4, domination4
12 letters
predominance4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (leading2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
leadership
Català
lideratge