Leadership

//ˈlidɚʃɪp//

Synonyms for "leadership" (192 found)

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Noun(2 words)
leadersleading

Related words (96)

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7 relation types

More general

6 entries

Synonyms

9 entries

derived

7 entries

derived from

1 entries

has property

1 entries

is a

5 entries

related to

4 entries

Translations

99 translations across 53 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • قِيَادَة noun (capacity to lead)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ղեկավարություն noun (capacity to lead)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • başçılıq noun (capacity to lead)
  • liderlik noun (capacity to lead)
  • rəhbərlik noun (capacity to lead)

Basque

2 entries
  • buruzagitza noun (office of leader)
  • buzagitza noun (office of leader)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • кіраўні́цтва noun (group of leaders)
  • лі́дарства noun (capacity to lead)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • ли́дерство noun (capacity to lead)
  • ръково́дство noun (group of leaders)

Catalan

4 entries
  • comandament noun (group of leaders)
  • direcció noun (group of leaders)
  • direcció noun (office of leader)
  • lideratge noun (capacity to lead)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • سەرکردەیی noun (capacity to lead)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 領導能力 /领导能力 noun (capacity to lead)

Czech

1 entries
  • vůdcovství noun (capacity to lead)

Danish

1 entries
  • førerskab noun (capacity to lead)

Dutch

3 entries
  • leiderschap noun (capacity to lead)
  • voorzitterschap noun (capacity to lead)
  • voorzitterschap noun (office of leader)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • gvideco noun (capacity to lead)
  • kondukemeco noun (capacity to lead)

Finnish

2 entries
  • johtajuus noun (capacity to lead)
  • johto noun (office of leader)

French

4 entries
  • autorité noun (capacity to lead)
  • charisme noun (capacity to lead)
  • direction noun (office of leader)
  • leadership noun (capacity to lead)

Galician

1 entries
  • xefatura noun (office of leader)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ლიდერობა noun (capacity to lead)
  • მეთაურობა noun (capacity to lead)
  • წინამძღვრობა noun (capacity to lead)
  • ხელმძღვანელობა noun (capacity to lead)

German

2 entries
  • Führung noun (capacity to lead)
  • Leitung noun (capacity to lead)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • רָאשׁוּת noun (office of leader)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • vezetői képesség noun (capacity to lead)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kepemimpinan noun (capacity to lead)

Italian

4 entries
  • autorità noun (capacity to lead)
  • carisma noun (capacity to lead)
  • direzione noun (group of leaders)
  • leadership noun (capacity to lead)

Japanese

2 entries
  • リーダーシップ noun (capacity to lead)
  • 指導力 noun (capacity to lead)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • лидерлік noun (capacity to lead)
  • қолбасшылық noun (capacity to lead)
  • қолбасылық noun (capacity to lead)

Korean

2 entries
  • 리더십 noun (capacity to lead)
  • 지도력 noun (capacity to lead)

Kyrgyz

4 entries
  • баштоочулук noun (capacity to lead)
  • башчылык noun (capacity to lead)
  • лидерлик noun (capacity to lead)
  • лидерчилик noun (capacity to lead)

Latin

1 entries
  • ductus noun (office of leader)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • водство noun (capacity to lead)
  • раководство noun (group of leaders)
  • раководство noun (office of leader)

Malay

1 entries
  • kepimpinan noun (capacity to lead)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • നേതൃത്വം noun (group of leaders)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • манлайлал noun (capacity to lead)

Māori

1 entries
  • hautūtanga noun (capacity to lead)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • ledelse noun (capacity to lead)

Old English

1 entries
  • lādtēowdōm noun (capacity to lead)

Persian

3 entries
  • رهبری noun (capacity to lead)
  • ریاست noun (capacity to lead)
  • سروری noun (capacity to lead)

Polish

3 entries
  • kierownictwo noun (group of leaders)
  • przywództwo noun (capacity to lead)
  • przywództwo noun (office of leader)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • liderança noun (capacity to lead)

Russian

3 entries
  • ли́дерство noun (capacity to lead)
  • руково́дство noun (group of leaders)
  • руково́дство noun (office of leader)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • vòdstvo noun (capacity to lead)
  • во̀дство noun (capacity to lead)

Slovak

1 entries
  • vodcovstvo noun (capacity to lead)

Slovene

1 entries
  • vodstvo noun (capacity to lead)

Spanish

2 entries
  • jefatura noun (office of leader)
  • liderazgo noun (capacity to lead)

Swahili

1 entries
  • uongozi noun (capacity to lead)

Swedish

1 entries
  • ledarskap noun (capacity to lead)

Tajik

3 entries
  • раёсат noun (capacity to lead)
  • роҳбарӣ noun (capacity to lead)
  • сарварӣ noun (capacity to lead)

Telugu

1 entries
  • నాయకత్వం noun (capacity to lead)

Thai

1 entries
  • ความเป็นผู้นำ noun (capacity to lead)

Turkish

1 entries
  • liderlik noun (capacity to lead)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • керівни́цтво noun (group of leaders)
  • керівни́цтво noun (office of leader)
  • лі́дерство noun (capacity to lead)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • رەھبەرلىك noun (capacity to lead)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • liderlik noun (capacity to lead)
  • rahbarlik noun (capacity to lead)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • khả năng lãnh đạo noun (capacity to lead)

Welsh

1 entries
  • arweiniad noun (capacity to lead)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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You must act under the leadership of your supervisor.

Source: tatoeba (20999)

Lincoln is admired because of his leadership.

Source: tatoeba (29650)

Speaking with reporters in Montreal, Canada, Walesa says the change of leadership in East Germany came about because the old guard leaders missed the train of history.

Source: tatoeba (30320)

The teacher may say nothing, grading the students on how much they participate, what they add to the discussion, and their leadership of it.

Source: tatoeba (272911)

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