LEADER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers

Synonyms:

drawing card; leader; loss leader

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("leader" is a kind of...):

feature (an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who rules or guides or inspires others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("leader" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "leader"):

labor leader (a leader of a labor movement)

lawgiver; lawmaker (a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws)

malik (the leader of a town or community in some parts of Asia Minor and the Indian subcontinent)

military leader (a leader of military forces)

misleader (someone who leads astray (often deliberately))

model; role model (someone worthy of imitation)

hero (a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength)

nationalist leader (the leader of a nationalist movement)

pied piper (a leader who entices people to follow (especially to their doom))

point man (someone who is the forefront of an important enterprise)

point woman (a woman who is the forefront of an important enterprise)

pol; political leader; politician; politico (a person active in party politics)

politician (a leader engaged in civil administration)

presiding officer (the leader of a group meeting)

puppet leader; puppet ruler (a leader or ruler who is chosen by a despot to head a government)

religious leader (leader of a religious order)

scoutmaster (the leader of a troop of Scouts)

spearhead (someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.))

strike leader (someone who leads a strike)

higher-up; superior; superordinate (one of greater rank or station or quality)

torchbearer (a leader in a campaign or movement)

trainer (one who trains other persons or animals)

spiritual leader (a leader in religious or sacred affairs)

aristocrat; blue blood; patrician (a member of the aristocracy)

bellwether (someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity)

caller (the person who convenes a meeting)

captain; chieftain (the leader of a group of people)

cheerleader (someone who leads the cheers by spectators at a sporting event)

choragus ((ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival; leader of a chorus)

civic leader; civil leader (a leader in municipal affairs)

commander (someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others)

demigod; superman; Ubermensch (a person with great powers and abilities)

duce (leader)

employer (a person or firm that employs workers)

father (a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization)

boss (a person who exercises control and makes decisions)

fugleman (a leader and organizer and spokesman (especially a political leader))

galvaniser; galvanizer; inspirer (a leader who stimulates and excites people to action)

guide (someone who shows the way by leading or advising)

guru (a recognized leader in some field or of some movement)

chief; head; top dog (a person who is in charge)

chief; chieftain; headman; tribal chief (the head of a tribe or clan)

imam; imaum ((Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide)

initiator; instigator (a person who initiates a course of action)

Instance hyponyms:

Husain; Husayn; Hussein; Saddam; Saddam bin Hussein at-Takriti; Saddam Hussein (Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran; his invasion of Kuwait led to the Gulf War (born in 1937))

Judas Maccabaeus (Jewish leader of a revolt in Judea that recovered Jerusalem around 166 BC; hero of the Apocryphal books I Maccabees and II Maccabees (?-161 BC))

Ahmad Shah Masoud; Masoud (Afghan leader of forces opposed to the Taliban; won fame by successfully resisting the Soviets in the 1980s; was assassinated by men posing as journalists (1953-2001))

Gaddafi; Khadafy; Muammar al-Qaddafi; Muammar el-Qaddafi; Qaddafi; Qadhafi (Libyan leader who seized power in a military coup d'etat in 1969; deposed the Libyan monarchy and imposed socialism and Islamic orthodoxy on the country (born in 1942))

Antonym:

follower (a person who accepts the leadership of another)

Derivation:

lead (cause to undertake a certain action)

lead (travel in front of; go in advance of others)

lead (take somebody somewhere)

lead (be in charge of)

leadership (the activity of leading)

leadership (the ability to lead)

leadership (the body of people who lead a group)

leadership (the status of a leader)

Credits

Context examples:

They entered, and their leader addressed me.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

If a trial is conducted by a team of individuals at the trial site, the investigator is the responsible leader of the team and may be called the principle investigator.

(Investigator, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The Cancer Patient Education Network is an NCI-sponsored organization of cancer patient education leaders from NCI-designated comprehensive and clinical centers nationwide.

(Cancer Patient Education Network, NCI Thesaurus)

"Are you not going to make them your slaves?" asked the leader of the wolves.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

"This is the first study to compare a vibrating cold device to topical lidocaine in reducing the pain and distress experienced by children during IV insertion," said study leader Debra A. Potts.

(Better IV Insertion Device, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Are we really just at the edge of the unknown, encountering the outlying pickets of this lost world of which our leader speaks?

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Lastly, element number 118, oganesson, is named for a Russian physicist, Yuri Oganessian, team leader from the synthesis of tennessine, element 117.

(IUPAC proposes four new chemical element names, Wikinews)

"This is the first detection of an intermediate-mass black hole candidate in the Milky Way galaxy," said the study's leader, Tomoharu Oka from Keio University, Japan.

(Astronomers Find New Evidence for Long-theorized Mid-sized Black Holes, VOA News)

This favourite is hated by the whole herd, and therefore, to protect himself, keeps always near the person of his leader.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Miss Ingram placed herself at her leader's right hand; the other diviners filled the chairs on each side of him and her.