Leads

//lɛdz//

Synonyms for "leads" (726 found)

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Closest matches (146)

contribute first foremost go head leading leash precede run star tip accent accent mark accomplishment actor administer administrate advance advantage affect

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aim aluminum americium antagonist antecede antecedence antecedency anteposition anteriority antetype antihero antitype approach archetype arrow arsenic ascendancy attend aureate authority ballast bamboozle bar barium be in front be master be responsible for be the bellwether be the front-runner beacon bear begin beguile bell cow bellwether bend bend to beryllium bias bidet biotype bismuth bit bit part blaze blaze the trail bob brass brassy brazen break ground break the ice break the trail bring bring about bring on bring up broach bronze bronzy cable cadmium calcium call forth call the signals cancel captain card carriage horse carry carry on cart horse cast catchword cause cavalry horse cerium cesium chain chair channel chaperon character chief chrome chromium classic example clue cobalt color come before come first command commence compass needle conduce conduct contribute to contrive control convert convince convoy copper coppery cord create criterion cue cue word cupreous cuprous custos danseur noble ddt dean deanship deceive

Noun(4 words)

pencil lead atomic number 82 booster cable confidential information

Verb(4 words)

chair conduce conduct contribute

Strong matches (217)

decide decoy descend determine dictate direct direction direction post discipline dispose distance diva dominate dominion dot doyen draft horse draw down draw on dray horse

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driving horse drop dysprosium edge effect electric wire electronics king elicit engage engender engineer enlist entice entrap epitome erbium escort esquire europium evidence evoke example exceed excel excellence exemplar experience expression mark fat part favor feature attraction feeder fermata ferrous ferruginous fill horse filler finger post first tragedian fist flex fool foregoing forerun forge ahead front front position fugleman fugler gadolinium gallium genotype germanium get get ahead of get before get going get moving get to do get under way gigster gilt give go ahead go ahead of go before go in advance gold gold filled gold-filled gold-plated golden govern governance government gravitate greatness guard guidance guide guideboard guidepost hack hackney hand handle handling have a tendency have priority have the start head the line head the table head up heading headliner heavy heavy lead herald hero heroine hint hold hold a heading holmium honcho hoodwink hot lead hour hand hunter husbandry imitatee inaugurate incline incomparability index index finger indicator indium induce influence ingenue inimitability initiate initiative inspire instigate instruct interest interest in intimation introduce inveigle invent iridium iron ironlike jeune premier jument jumper cable key key signature key word kick off king lacing lanthanum lap lay down the law le pas lead astray lead by the nose lead in lead off lead on lead out lead role lead the dance lead the way leaden leader leadership leading lady leading light leading man leading woman lean leave ligature light the way line lines lithium

Verb(8 words)

direct extend go guide head lead out lead to leave

Adjective(5 words)

first front head leader leading

Noun(12 words)

headline hint introduction jumper cable jumper lead lead paragraph lead story lead-in leading leam leash lede

Related words (363)

live look to lubber line luminary lure lutetium magnesia magnesium main majority make the rules manage management managery managing maneuver manganese manipulate manipulation margin

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mark marshal master spirit mastermind measure mercurial mercurous mercury metal metronomic mark milepost minute hand mirror misdirect misguide mislead model moderate molybdenum motivate mould mount move needle neodymium nickel nickelic nickeline niobium notation obtain odds officer officiate one upmanship one-upmanship order ordering original originate osmium outdo outrank outrun outstrip pace pack horse palfrey palladium paradigm paramount part pass pattern pause person personage persuade pewter pewtery phosphorus piece pilot pilotage pioneer platinum play first fiddle plow horse plumb plumb bob plumb line plumb rule plummet plunge point point to pointer poison pole horse polo pony polonium possibility post-horse potassium potential praseodymium precedence precedency precedent preceding precession precipitate precursor predispose predominance predomination preeminence preface preference prefixation prelude premier preponderance prepotence prepotency prerogative presa prescribe present preside preside over prestige prevail prima ballerina prima donna primacy principal priority privilege procure produce promethium prompt prospect protactinium protagonist prothesis prototype provoke pull the strings quarterback quicksilver radium rank rank first rank out rate recedence redound to regulate regulation reign remount representative restraint rhenium rider riding horse right-of-way road horse roadster role rouncy route rubidium rule running ruthenium saddle horse saddler samarium sandbag scandium scent school seduce see segno seniority serve set set square set the pace set toward settle shaft horse shepherd show show a tendency show the way side sign signature signboard signpost silver silver plated silver-plated silvery singer sink sinker skill skipper slur sodium soften up soubrette spark advance spearhead spend spoor square squire stalking horse stalking-horse stand first stand in front stand over standard start steel steely steer steerage steering straight part straw in the wind string strontium subside success suggestion sumpter sumpter horse superinduce superintend superiority superstar supervise supporting character supporting role supremacy surpass sway swell swing symbol t square take command take out take precedence take the initiative take the lead take the plunge tantalum technetium telltale tempo mark tempt tend tend to go terbium tether thallium the conn the helm the lead the wheel thill horse thiller thulium tie time signature tin tinge tinny tip off tip-off titanium title role tone top dog top priority trace transcendence transcendency trend try square tungsten turn type type species type specimen uranium urgency urtext usage usher usher in van vanadium vanguard verge vestige villain vinculum virtuosity wait on walk on walk-on walking part wanton warp wear down weigh down weigh with weight weight down wheeler wheelhorse whiff while away wield authority wield the baton wire wolfram work work toward workhorse ytterbium yttrium zinc zirconium

Verb(7 words)

moderate pass precede result run take top

Noun(12 words)

pb plumbum principal spark advance standfirst star steer tether tip track trail wind

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The answer leads us to a vicious circle.

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Sometimes Spenser cares so much about Trang that he leads her to believe he is being overprotective.

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Excessive supply leads to a drop in prices.

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His wife leads him by the nose.

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