What's The Definition Of Leader?
[n] a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers
[n] a person who rules or guides or inspires others
Synonyms | Synonyms for Leader: drawing card |
loss leader
Related Terms | Find terms related to Leader: 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
See Also | aristocrat |
bellwether |
blue blood |
boss |
caller |
captain |
cheerleader |
chief |
chieftain |
chieftan |
choragus |
civic leader |
civil leader |
commander |
demigod |
Duce |
employer |
father |
feature |
galvaniser |
galvanizer |
guide |
guru |
head |
headman |
hero |
higher-up |
human |
imam |
imaum |
individual |
initiator |
inspirer |
instigator |
labor leader |
lawgiver |
lawmaker |
military leader |
misleader |
model |
mortal |
nationalist leader |
patrician |
person |
point man |
point woman |
pol |
political leader |
politician |
politico |
presiding officer |
religious leader |
role model |
scoutmaster |
somebody |
someone |
soul |
spearhead |
spiritual leader |
strike leader |
superior |
superman |
superordinate |
top dog |
torchbearer |
trainer |
tribal chief |
Ubermensch
Leader In Webster's Dictionary
\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.
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.
2. The first, or the principal, editorial article in a
newspaper; a leading or main editorial article.
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.
Syn: chief; chieftain; commander. See {Chief}.
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