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Synonyms for leading
ˈlɛd ɪŋlead·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
lead, leadingnoun
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, confidential information, steerleadership, leadingadjective
the activity of leading
"his leadership inspired the team"
Synonyms:
leaders, lead, leadershipleading(p), prima(p), star(p), starring(p), stellar(a)adjective
indicating the most important performer or role
"the leading man"; "prima ballerina"; "prima donna"; "a star figure skater"; "the starring role"; "a stellar role"; "a stellar performance"
leading(a), preeminentadjective
greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
"our greatest statesmen"; "the country's leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist"
leadingadjective
going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way
"we rode in the leading car"; "the leading edge of technology"
Synonyms:
prima(p), starring(p), leading(p), in the lead, leading(a), stellar(a), preeminent, star(p), ahead(p)ahead(p), in the lead, leadingadjective
having the leading position or higher score in a contest
"he is ahead by a pawn"; "the leading team in the pennant race"
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
leadingadjective
Synonyms:
chief, principal, premiere, influential, guiding
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "leading":
leadership, main, lead, prominent, major, principal, resulting, leaders, leader, eminent, guiding, driving, key, senior, dominant, primary, culminating, conducive, top, preponderant, causing, leading-edge, advanced, conducting, pioneering
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
leading
Synonyms:
Lead intoxication (a local use by British miners)
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#104 | top | |
#373 | main | |
#443 | advanced | |
#569 | key | |
#638 | major | |
#639 | star | |
#701 | track | |
#1176 | lead | |
#1243 | primary | |
#1445 | senior | |
#1465 | leading | |
#1899 | wind | |
#2023 | driving | |
#2047 | leader | |
#2231 | leadership | |
#2315 | leaders | |
#2765 | tip | |
#2831 | principal | |
#3242 | trail | |
#3453 | resulting | |
#5804 | causing | |
#7338 | conducting | |
#7834 | dominant | |
#8513 | prominent | |
#8915 | hint | |
#12050 | guiding | |
#16239 | eminent | |
#16778 | steer | |
#19296 | pioneering | |
#22449 | leash | |
#24389 | conducive | |
#30661 | culminating | |
#46828 | preeminent | |
#49084 | tether | |
#148641 | lede | |
#192580 | preponderant |
How to use leading in a sentence?
Chief Executive Jeremy Stafford:
The aviation business has a great deal of opportunity around the world and as we take full advantage of that opportunity it requires substantial amount of cash to sustain our leading position in that market, having a very strong cash-generative business working alongside it gives us a winning formula.
We believe the cyclical recovery in India has begun. The new government is focused on boosting potential growth and removing bottlenecks, which will kick start the investment and consumption cycles leading to enhanced GDP growth.
China will be our biggest competitor in the future, in economic, social and political terms, i view China as the strategic competitor for Europe, that represents an authoritarian model of society, that wants to expand its power and replace the United States as a leading power.
I don't see Jeremy Corbyn being able to come together with the numbers, nor do I see any prospect of him leading a so called national unity government, he's the most unpopular leader of the opposition we've ever had and the idea that he's going to lead a unity government I think is ridiculous.
Anna put a lot of pressure on me. I knew she was leading when I was at the top and I just skied as hard as I could, i was definitely on the limit, especially at the bottom. I just attacked like I had nothing to lose.
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