Leader

//ˈli.dɚ//

Synonyms for "leader" (301 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (61)

Strong matches (90)

Related words (150)

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More general

4 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

16 entries

at location

8 entries

capable of

30 entries

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defined as

1 entries

derived

72 entries

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derived from

1 entries

distinct from

2 entries

has a

1 entries

is a

5 entries

not desires

1 entries

related to

19 entries

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used for

15 entries

Translations

307 translations across 104 languages.

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Aghwan

1 entries
  • 𐔰𐕀𐔰𐔺𐔱𐕒𐕄𐔰𐔾 noun (one having authority)

Albanian

4 entries
  • ballëtar noun (one having authority)
  • prijës noun (one having authority)
  • prijëse noun (one having authority)
  • udhëheqës noun (one having authority)

Amharic

1 entries
  • መሪ noun (one having authority)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • ἡγήτωρ noun (one having authority)
  • ἡγεμών noun (one having authority)
  • ὄρχαμος noun (one having authority)

Arabic

4 entries
  • رَئِيس noun (one having authority)
  • زَعِيم noun (one having authority)
  • عَقِيد noun (one having authority)
  • عِرْنِين noun (one having authority)

Armenian

1 entries
  • առաջնորդ noun (one having authority)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • başçı noun (one having authority)
  • lider noun (one having authority)
  • rəhbər noun (one having authority)
  • öncül noun (dominant animal in a group)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • важа́к noun (dominant animal in a group)
  • во́дца noun (one having authority)
  • кіраўні́к noun (one having authority)
  • лі́дар noun (one having authority)

Bengali

1 entries
  • নেতা noun (one having authority)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • вода́ч noun (one having authority)
  • водосто́чна тръба́ noun (pipe to conduct water from the roof)
  • вожд noun (one having authority)
  • ли́дер noun (one having authority)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ခေါင်းဆောင် noun (one having authority)

Catalan

2 entries
  • dirigent noun (one having authority)
  • líder noun (one having authority)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • سەرۆک noun (one having authority)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᏗᏓᏘᏂᏙᎯ noun (one having authority)

Chickasaw

1 entries
  • minko' noun (one having authority)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • 領導 /领导 noun (one having authority)
  • 領袖 /领袖 noun (one having authority)
  • 首領 /首领 noun (one having authority)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 領導 /领导 noun (one having authority)
  • 領袖 /领袖 noun (one having authority)
  • 頭子 /头子 noun (one having authority)
  • 首領 /首领 noun (one having authority)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • вождь noun (one having authority)

Czech

4 entries
  • vedoucí noun (one having authority)
  • velitel noun (one having authority)
  • vůdce noun (one having authority)
  • šéf noun (one having authority)

Danish

2 entries
  • fører noun (one having authority)
  • leder noun (one having authority)

Dutch

4 entries
  • aanvoerder noun (one having authority)
  • aanvoerster noun (one having authority)
  • leider noun (one having authority)
  • leidster noun (one having authority)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • estro noun (one having authority)
  • gvidanto noun (one having authority)

Estonian

2 entries
  • juht noun (one having authority)
  • liider noun (one having authority)

Finnish

4 entries
  • johtaja noun (one having authority)
  • pääkirjoitus noun (principal article in a newspaper)
  • syöksytorvi noun (pipe to conduct water from the roof)
  • vetäjä noun (one having authority)

French

4 entries
  • chef noun (one having authority)
  • chef de file noun (one having authority)
  • dirigeant noun (one having authority)
  • leader noun (one having authority)

Friulian

2 entries
  • cjâf noun (one having authority)
  • dûs noun (one having authority)

Galician

4 entries
  • adail noun (one having authority)
  • bren noun (one having authority)
  • cabedel noun (one having authority)
  • coudel noun (one having authority)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ბელადი noun (one having authority)
  • გამძღოლი noun (one having authority)
  • ლიდერი noun (one having authority)
  • მეთაური noun (one having authority)

German

4 entries
  • Anführer noun (one having authority)
  • Anführerin noun (one having authority)
  • Chef noun (one having authority)
  • Führer noun (one having authority)

Greek

3 entries
  • αρχηγός noun (one having authority)
  • ηγέτης noun (one having authority)
  • κύριο άρθρο noun (principal article in a newspaper)

Haitian Creole

2 entries
  • chèf noun (one having authority)
  • dirijan noun (one having authority)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • מַנְהִיג noun (one having authority)
  • מנהיגה noun (one having authority)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अगुआ noun (one having authority)
  • नेता noun (one having authority)
  • मुखिया noun (one having authority)
  • रईस noun (one having authority)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • parancsnok noun (one having authority)
  • pártvezér noun (one having authority)
  • vezető noun (one having authority)
  • vezér noun (one having authority)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • leiðsögumaður noun (one having authority)

Ido

1 entries
  • chefo noun (one having authority)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • رَئیس noun (one having authority)
  • رَهْبَر noun (one having authority)
  • قائِد noun (one having authority)
  • لیدِر noun (one having authority)

Irish

3 entries
  • ceann noun (one having authority)
  • ceannaire noun (one having authority)
  • treoraí noun (one having authority)

Italian

3 entries
  • capo noun (one having authority)
  • duce noun (one having authority)
  • editoriale noun (principal article in a newspaper)

Japanese

4 entries
  • リーダー noun (one having authority)
  • 元締め noun (one having authority)
  • 指導者 noun (one having authority)
  • 統率者 noun (one having authority)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • жетекші noun (one having authority)
  • жолбасшы noun (one having authority)
  • көшбасшы noun (one having authority)

Khmer

3 entries
  • ប្រធាន noun (one having authority)
  • មេ noun (one having authority)
  • មេការ noun (one having authority)

Kikuyu

1 entries
  • mũtongoria noun (one having authority)

Korean

4 entries
  • 리더 noun (one having authority)
  • 수령 noun (one having authority)
  • 지도자 noun (one having authority)
  • 통솔자 noun (one having authority)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • жетекчи noun (one having authority)
  • лидер noun (one having authority)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຜູ້ນຳ noun (one having authority)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • vaduojs noun (one having authority)

Latin

4 entries
  • caput noun (one having authority)
  • ductor noun (one having authority)
  • ductrīx noun (one having authority)
  • dux noun (one having authority)

Latvian

4 entries
  • barvedis noun (dominant animal in a group)
  • līderis noun (one having authority)
  • vadonis noun (one having authority)
  • vadītājs noun (one having authority)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • lyderis noun (one having authority)
  • vadovas noun (one having authority)

Low German

1 entries
  • Anföhrer noun (one having authority)

Lü

2 entries
  • ᦂᦸᧃᧈᦀᦸᧃ noun (one having authority)
  • ᦕᦴᧉᦂᦸᧃᧈᦀᦸᧃ noun (one having authority)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • воведен напис noun (principal article in a newspaper)
  • водач noun (one having authority)
  • лидер noun (one having authority)
  • олук noun (pipe to conduct water from the roof)

Malay

2 entries
  • ketua noun (one having authority)
  • pemimpin noun (one having authority)

Manx

1 entries
  • ard-art noun (principal article in a newspaper)

Maore Comorian

1 entries
  • mukizi mbeli noun (one having authority)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • толгойлогч noun (one having authority)
  • удирдагч noun (one having authority)

Māori

4 entries
  • hautū noun (one having authority)
  • ihorei noun (one having authority)
  • kahika noun (one having authority)
  • kaiarataki noun (one having authority)

Navajo

1 entries
  • naatʼáanii noun (one having authority)

Ngazidja Comorian

2 entries
  • mhuu noun (one having authority)
  • mtawalifu noun (one having authority)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • fører noun (one having authority)
  • leder noun (one having authority)

Occitan

2 entries
  • dirigent noun (one having authority)
  • líder noun (one having authority)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • ogimaa noun (one having authority)

Old East Slavic

1 entries
  • вожь noun (one having authority)

Old English

1 entries
  • lādtēow noun (one having authority)

Oromo

1 entries
  • geggeessaa noun (one having authority)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • фӕтӕг noun (one having authority)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • رئیس noun (one having authority)
  • قوجه noun (one having authority)

Palauan

1 entries
  • bedul noun (one having authority)

Pashto

4 entries
  • رهبر noun (one having authority)
  • زعيم noun (one having authority)
  • قايد noun (one having authority)
  • ليډر noun (one having authority)

Polish

4 entries
  • artykuł wstępny noun (principal article in a newspaper)
  • editorial noun (principal article in a newspaper)
  • edytorial noun (principal article in a newspaper)
  • lider noun (one having authority)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • chefe noun (one having authority)
  • líder noun (one having authority)

Quechua

1 entries
  • uma noun (one having authority)

Romanian

3 entries
  • conducător noun (one having authority)
  • lider noun (one having authority)
  • şef noun (one having authority)

Russian

4 entries
  • водосто́чная труба́ noun (pipe to conduct water from the roof)
  • вожа́к noun (dominant animal in a group)
  • вождь noun (one having authority)
  • гла́вный noun (one having authority)

Saisiyat

1 entries
  • 'ayporong noun (one having authority)

Sanskrit

3 entries
  • नेतृ noun (one having authority)
  • नेत्री noun (one having authority)
  • शिरस् noun (one having authority)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • ceannard noun (one having authority)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • líder noun (one having authority)
  • vȍđa noun (one having authority)
  • во̏ђа noun (one having authority)
  • ли́дер noun (one having authority)

Slovak

1 entries
  • vodca noun (one having authority)

Slovene

1 entries
  • vodja noun (one having authority)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • башкараачы noun (one having authority)

Spanish

3 entries
  • caudillo noun (one having authority)
  • dirigente noun (one having authority)
  • líder noun (one having authority)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kiongozi noun (one having authority)

Swedish

2 entries
  • anförare noun (one having authority)
  • ledare noun (one having authority)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • pamuno noun (one having authority)

Tajik

3 entries
  • лидер noun (one having authority)
  • пишво noun (one having authority)
  • роҳбар noun (one having authority)

Tamil

4 entries
  • தலை noun (one having authority)
  • தலைவன் noun (one having authority)
  • தலைவர் noun (one having authority)
  • தலைவி noun (one having authority)

Tatar

1 entries
  • юлбашчы noun (one having authority)

Telugu

1 entries
  • నాయకుడు noun (one having authority)

Thai

4 entries
  • จ่าฝูง noun (dominant animal in a group)
  • ผู้นำ noun (one having authority)
  • พระยา noun (one having authority)
  • ราง noun (pipe to conduct water from the roof)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • መራሒ noun (one having authority)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • bigman noun (one having authority)

Tongan

1 entries
  • taki noun (one having authority)

Turkish

4 entries
  • kösem noun (dominant animal in a group)
  • lider noun (one having authority)
  • rehber noun (one having authority)
  • yolbaşçı noun (one having authority)

Turkmen

4 entries
  • baştutan noun (one having authority)
  • lider noun (one having authority)
  • serdar noun (one having authority)
  • ýolbaşçy noun (one having authority)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • вожа́к noun (dominant animal in a group)
  • вождь noun (one having authority)
  • керівни́к noun (one having authority)
  • лі́дер noun (one having authority)

Urdu

4 entries
  • اِمام noun (one having authority)
  • رَئِیس noun (one having authority)
  • رَہْبَر noun (one having authority)
  • رَہْنُما noun (one having authority)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • رەھبەر noun (one having authority)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • lider noun (one having authority)
  • rahbar noun (one having authority)
  • sardor noun (one having authority)
  • yetakchi noun (one having authority)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • lãnh đạo noun (one having authority)

Volapük

1 entries
  • dugan noun (one having authority)

Yiddish

4 entries
  • אָנפֿירער noun (one having authority)
  • אָנפֿירערין noun (one having authority)
  • הויפּט noun (one having authority)
  • פֿירער noun (one having authority)

Zulu

2 entries
  • inhloko noun (one having authority)
  • umholi noun (one having authority)

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

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Even people who don't believe in the Catholic church venerate the Pope as a symbolic leader.

Source: tatoeba (1940)

The guild leader relegated Vince to a lesser officer because he was abusing his power.

Source: tatoeba (1974)

Everyone looked on me as a leader.

Source: tatoeba (22136)

They all looked up to him as their leader.

Source: tatoeba (22141)

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