Synonyms for leadership
ˈli dərˌʃɪplead·er·ship

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1. leadership, leadingnoun

   the activity of leading

   "his leadership inspired the team"

   Synonyms:
   leaders, leading, lead

2. leadership, leadersnoun

   the body of people who lead a group

   "the national leadership adopted his plan"

   Synonyms:
   leaders, leading

3. leadershipnoun

   the status of a leader

   "they challenged his leadership of the union"

   Synonyms:
   leaders, leading

4. leadershipnoun

   the ability to lead

   "he believed that leadership can be taught"

   Synonyms:
   leaders, leading

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1. • Ability
   • Status

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1. leadershipnoun

   Synonyms:
   guidance, direction, lead, conduct

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1. leadershipnoun

   Synonyms:
   direction, command, guidance, primacy, supremacy, domination, hegemony

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1. List of paraphrases for "leadership":

   leaders, command, leading, direction, directorate, leader, lead, address, steering, leaderships, driving, guidance, management, led, heads, branch, aegis, headed, authority, conduct

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1. Katherine Zimmerman:

   Hamza has increasingly taken a leadership role within al Qaeda — a role for which he has been groomed his entire life, hamza’s calls for jihad echo his father’s, and the bin Laden name gives Hamza credibility within the Salafi-jihadi movement.

2. Jeb Bush:

   Look Donald Trump says these things to prey on people's fears, their anger, their frustration with Washington. He's quite effective at it, but he doesn't know what he's talking about and he's not a serious leader, we're living in difficult times, we need serious leadership to be able to solve the problems that we have domestically and lead America around the world so that we can create peace and security for ourselves.

3. Justin Amash:

   I would rather keep all the levels lower and stick to the sequester, but there are people in leadership who live outside of reality and want to increase things that Republicans like and pretend Democrats don't exist.

4. Mark Esper:

   Secretary Modly made a tough decision, a tough call. I have full faith and confidence in him and the Navy leadership, and I support their decision.

5. Jeff Sessions:

   Congress is always slow—we are not behind on U.S. attorneys—they have, and always have been late summer, early fall, we are moving forward with some really great nominees—U.S. attorneys are critical law enforcement officers—they work with federal agencies, all the state agencies and they provide leadership and drive for those prosecutions—we need great U.S. attorneys.