1. (noun) lead
an advantage held by a competitor in a race
Synonyms: star, jumper cable, pencil lead, lead-in, tip, jumper lead, atomic number 82, wind, lead story, hint, lede, spark advance, trail, principal, tether, leash, booster cable, track, leading, confidential information, steer
Antonyms: deficit
2. (noun) lead, Pb, atomic number 82
a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
Synonyms: lead, petabyte, star, jumper cable, petabit, pencil lead, lead-in, tip, jumper lead, atomic number 82, wind, lead story, hint, lede, spark advance, trail, principal, tether, leash, booster cable, track, leading, confidential information, steer, pebibyte
Antonyms: deficit
3. (noun) lead, track, trail
evidence pointing to a possible solution
Synonyms: rails, course, data track, path, lead-in, wind, cut, atomic number 82, cart track, confidential information, lead, principal, leading, tether, caterpillar tread, raceway, lead story, caterpillar track, trail, runway, lede, steer, rail, leash, star, running, hint, racetrack, jumper cable, cartroad, jumper lead, booster cable, racecourse, pencil lead, tip, track, spark advance
Antonyms: deficit
4. (noun) lead
a position of leadership (especially in the phrase `take the lead')
Synonyms: star, jumper cable, pencil lead, lead-in, tip, jumper lead, atomic number 82, wind, lead story, hint, lede, spark advance, trail, principal, tether, leash, booster cable, track, leading, confidential information, steer
Antonyms: deficit
5. (noun) lead
the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)
Synonyms: star, jumper cable, pencil lead, lead-in, tip, jumper lead, atomic number 82, wind, lead story, hint, lede, spark advance, trail, principal, tether, leash, booster cable, track, leading, confidential information, steer
Antonyms: deficit
6. (noun) lead, lead-in, lede
the introductory section of a story
Synonyms: lead, star, jumper cable, pencil lead, lead-in, tip, jumper lead, atomic number 82, wind, lead story, hint, lede, spark advance, trail, principal, tether, leash, booster cable, track, leading, confidential information, steer
Antonyms: deficit
7. (noun) lead
(sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
Synonyms: star, jumper cable, pencil lead, lead-in, tip, jumper lead, atomic number 82, wind, lead story, hint, lede, spark advance, trail, principal, tether, leash, booster cable, track, leading, confidential information, steer
Antonyms: deficit
8. (noun) star, principal, lead
an actor who plays a principal role
Synonyms: hint, lead story, whiz, lead-in, wind, school principal, atomic number 82, head teacher, ace, head, confidential information, whizz, headliner, leading, tether, lead, hotshot, wiz, star topology, dealer, sensation, lede, steer, principal, maven, genius, star, asterisk, virtuoso, mavin, wizard, jumper cable, jumper lead, booster cable, principal sum, adept, leash, superstar, pencil lead, trail, corpus, tip, champion, track, spark advance
Antonyms: deficit
9. (noun) lead
(baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base
Synonyms: star, jumper cable, pencil lead, lead-in, tip, jumper lead, atomic number 82, wind, lead story, hint, lede, spark advance, trail, principal, tether, leash, booster cable, track, leading, confidential information, steer
Antonyms: deficit
10. (noun) tip, lead, steer, confidential information, wind, hint
an indication of potential opportunity
Synonyms: hint, touch, flatus, mite, farting, lead-in, wind, crest, atomic number 82, nothingness, pinch, crown, suggestion, jot, confidential information, bakshis, peak, leading, breaking wind, soupcon, bullock, point, pourboire, tether, lead, wind instrument, lead story, trail, clue, baksheesh, lede, winding, steer, tinge, leash, gratuity, fart, star, malarkey, idle words, malarky, bakshish, jazz, jumper cable, jumper lead, air current, booster cable, intimation, principal, current of air, top, trace, pencil lead, breath, tip, speck, summit, backsheesh, track, spark advance, twist
Antonyms: deficit
11. (noun) lead, lead story
a news story of major importance
Synonyms: lead, star, jumper cable, pencil lead, lead-in, tip, jumper lead, atomic number 82, wind, lead story, hint, lede, spark advance, trail, principal, tether, leash, booster cable, track, leading, confidential information, steer
Antonyms: deficit
12. (noun) spark advance, lead
the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
Synonyms: lead, star, tether, jumper cable, pencil lead, lead-in, tip, jumper lead, atomic number 82, wind, lead story, hint, lede, spark advance, principal, trail, leash, booster cable, track, leading, confidential information, steer
Antonyms: deficit
13. (noun) leash, tether, lead
restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
Synonyms: hint, tercet, lead-in, wind, tierce, atomic number 82, trine, ternion, confidential information, lead, leading, terzetto, triad, tether, lead story, steer, lede, jumper lead, trail, triplet, leash, ternary, trio, three, troika, collar, jumper cable, threesome, booster cable, deuce-ace, principal, star, pencil lead, trinity, trey, tip, track, spark advance
Antonyms: deficit
14. (noun) lead, leading
thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
Synonyms: lead, star, jumper cable, pencil lead, lead-in, tip, jumper lead, atomic number 82, leadership, wind, lead story, hint, lede, spark advance, trail, principal, tether, leash, booster cable, track, leading, confidential information, steer
Antonyms: deficit
15. (noun) lead, pencil lead
mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
Synonyms: lead, star, jumper cable, pencil lead, lead-in, tip, jumper lead, atomic number 82, wind, lead story, hint, lede, spark advance, trail, principal, tether, leash, booster cable, track, leading, confidential information, steer
Antonyms: deficit
16. (noun) jumper cable, jumper lead, lead, booster cable
a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
Synonyms: lead, star, tether, pencil lead, lead-in, tip, atomic number 82, wind, lead story, hint, lede, spark advance, jumper lead, trail, jumper cable, booster cable, track, leading, confidential information, leash, steer, principal
Antonyms: deficit
17. (verb) lead
the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge
Synonyms: star, jumper cable, pencil lead, lead-in, tip, jumper lead, atomic number 82, wind, lead story, hint, lede, spark advance, trail, principal, tether, leash, booster cable, track, leading, confidential information, steer
Antonyms: deficit
18. (verb) lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
take somebody somewhere
Synonyms: require, chair, read, occupy, subscribe to, rent, withdraw, run, organise, lead, top, mastermind, take on, carry, deal, assume, engineer, have, hold, choose, learn, fill, transmit, necessitate, impart, consume, go, drive, hire, result, place, consider, need, study, behave, pick out, steer, guide on, send, channel, draw, contract, adopt, calculate, film, remove, demand, acquit, orchestrate, conduce, lease, contribute, take aim, take up, train, strike, use up, select, take, engage, comport, make, claim, channelize, point, manoeuvre, head, get, channelise, get hold of, exact, take away, pack, call for, take in, bring, submit, convey, deport, shoot, aim, direct, charter, precede, extend, contain, address, bear, carry on, target, subscribe, involve, acquire, manoeuver, look at, postulate, organize, accept, moderate, guide, admit, pass, ingest, leave, ask, maneuver, conduct
Antonyms: deficit
19. (verb) leave, result, lead
have as a result or residue
Synonyms: go out, conduce, go away, impart, pass on, allow, head, guide, lead, go forth, take, result, leave alone, extend, pull up stakes, will, bequeath, chair, precede, leave behind, give, go, forget, direct, pass, get out, ensue, provide, depart, allow for, leave, conduct, exit, run, top, contribute, entrust, moderate
Antonyms: deficit
20. (verb) lead
tend to or result in
Synonyms: go, conduce, chair, moderate, contribute, result, guide, direct, extend, top, run, take, pass, leave, conduct, precede, head
Antonyms: deficit
21. (verb) lead, head
travel in front of; go in advance of others
Synonyms: go, conduce, point, head up, channelize, maneuver, channelise, chair, moderate, contribute, result, manoeuver, guide, direct, extend, top, run, lead, take, pass, leave, conduct, precede, steer, head, manoeuvre
Antonyms: deficit
22. (verb) lead
cause to undertake a certain action
Synonyms: go, conduce, chair, moderate, contribute, result, guide, direct, extend, top, run, take, pass, leave, conduct, precede, head
Antonyms: deficit
23. (verb) run, go, pass, lead, extend
stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
Synonyms: pop off, last, drop dead, melt, lead, play, lean, eliminate, live, blend in, plump, take place, start, survive, fall out, decease, work, run low, conduct, take, carry, protract, buy the farm, spend, fleet, melt down, extend, go across, result, stretch out, broaden, proceed, turn tail, endure, overtake, fit, evanesce, get going, gallop, slip by, course, hap, expire, direct, snuff it, make pass, communicate, black market, feed, depart, head for the hills, fall, draw, flow, widen, pass away, hightail it, croak, run away, fade, scat, head, glide by, escape, continue, happen, unravel, contribute, poke out, expand, egest, ply, come about, kick the bucket, draw out, range, go by, chair, make it, campaign, blow over, transcend, authorize, track down, belong, give way, offer, function, pass off, cover, consort, exceed, stretch, give-up the ghost, conk, surpass, exsert, get, cash in one's chips, break, hold up, exit, overstep, run for, incline, die hard, pass on, hand, conk out, break down, devolve, travel, bunk, blend, race, top, moderate, move, lam, go on, sound, reach, persist, slide by, operate, fail, elapse, hunt, strain, legislate, choke, locomote, authorise, tend, sink, occur, run short, bleed, conduce, scarper, go along, execute, put across, take to the woods, go past, unfold, pass along, live on, lapse, go bad, run, hunt down, slip away, clear, guide, reach out, die, turn over, be given, go, overhaul, become, return, rifle, perish, travel by, precede, fly the coop, hold out, give, pass, ladder, prolong, break away, go through, prevail, pass by, give out, stretch forth, put out, excrete, leave, go away
Antonyms: deficit
24. (verb) head, lead
be in charge of
Synonyms: lead, manoeuver, run, precede, maneuver, chair, extend, top, guide, pass, head up, direct, channelize, conduct, head, conduce, take, moderate, channelise, leave, result, contribute, steer, go, point, manoeuvre
Antonyms: deficit
25. (verb) lead, top
be ahead of others; be the first
Synonyms: go, conduce, crown, top off, clear, exceed, pinch, chair, moderate, contribute, top out, result, guide, direct, extend, top, run, go past, lead, take, transcend, pass, leave, conduct, precede, head, overstep
Antonyms: deficit
26. (verb) contribute, lead, conduce
be conducive to
Synonyms: lead, conduce, precede, run, put up, bestow, lend, chip in, give, chair, extend, contribute, add, impart, guide, direct, result, top, kick in, take, moderate, pass, leave, conduct, bring, go, head
Antonyms: deficit
27. (verb) conduct, lead, direct
lead, as in the performance of a composition
Synonyms: comport, conduce, place, moderate, impart, behave, send, head, target, lead, maneuver, take, carry on, result, point, deport, extend, aim, channelise, deal, take aim, engineer, chair, calculate, channel, precede, carry, manoeuver, go, address, manoeuvre, direct, pass, organize, channelize, organise, acquit, convey, leave, conduct, transmit, run, top, contribute, orchestrate, mastermind, guide, train, steer, bear
Antonyms: deficit
28. (verb) go, lead
lead, extend, or afford access
Synonyms: drop dead, pop off, operate, belong, buy the farm, give-up the ghost, work, choke, go away, get, rifle, cash in one's chips, sound, get going, kick the bucket, expire, blend, function, lead, endure, leave, live, pass away, perish, run short, survive, croak, plump, move, extend, conk, fit, blend in, become, run low, conk out, locomote, break, proceed, last, decease, give out, snuff it, depart, give way, hold up, direct, chair, go, pass, hold out, precede, start, fail, take, die, moderate, travel, conduct, exit, run, top, contribute, live on, conduce, guide, head, break down, result, go bad
Antonyms: deficit
29. (verb) precede, lead
move ahead (of others) in time or space
Synonyms: lead, conduce, antecede, precede, predate, antedate, chair, forgo, come before, result, guide, forego, direct, extend, top, run, premise, preface, take, moderate, pass, leave, conduct, contribute, introduce, go, head
Antonyms: deficit
30. (verb) run, lead
cause something to pass or lead somewhere
Synonyms: course, operate, hunt, fly the coop, work, scat, moderate, run away, move, turn tail, range, head, guide, function, lead, lam, take, flow, melt down, track down, break away, head for the hills, extend, hunt down, conduce, endure, bunk, take to the woods, consort, execute, feed, chair, run, bleed, carry, scarper, go, unravel, lean, direct, play, die hard, race, pass, top, run for, black market, persist, incline, leave, conduct, draw, hightail it, be given, prevail, campaign, contribute, tend, escape, precede, ladder, ply, result, melt
Antonyms: deficit
31. (verb) moderate, chair, lead
preside over
Synonyms: lead, temper, run, mince, hold in, tame, precede, result, chairman, control, chair, moderate, hold, guide, check, soften, tone down, direct, extend, top, head, conduce, take, pass, leave, conduct, contribute, chasten, go, curb, contain
Antonyms: deficit
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