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lead
Overview of noun lead
The noun lead has 17 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (11) lead, Pb, atomic number 82 -- (a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey; "the children were playing with lead soldiers")
2. (7) lead -- (an advantage held by a competitor in a race; "he took the lead at the last turn")
3. (3) lead, track, trail -- (evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator")
4. (3) lead -- (a position of leadership (especially in the phrase `take the lead'); "he takes the lead in any group"; "we were just waiting for someone to take the lead"; "they didn't follow our lead")
5. (1) 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))
6. (1) lead, lead-in, lede -- (the introductory section of a story; "it was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter")
7. lead -- ((sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning)
8. star, principal, lead -- (an actor who plays a principal role)
9. lead -- ((baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base; "he took a long lead off first")
10. tip, lead, steer, confidential information, wind, hint -- (an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job")
11. lead, lead story -- (a news story of major importance)
12. spark advance, lead -- (the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine)
13. leash, tether, lead -- (restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal)
14. lead, leading -- (thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing)
15. lead, pencil lead -- (mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil)
16. jumper cable, jumper lead, lead, booster cable -- (a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire; "it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads")
17. lead -- (the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge; "the lead was in the dummy")
Overview of verb lead
The verb lead has 15 senses (first 14 from tagged texts)
1. (40) lead, take, direct, conduct, guide -- (take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace")
2. (37) leave, result, lead -- (have as a result or residue; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin")
3. (27) lead -- (tend to or result in; "This remark lead to further arguments among the guests")
4. (17) lead, head -- (travel in front of; go in advance of others; "The procession was headed by John")
5. (17) lead -- (cause to undertake a certain action; "Her greed led her to forge the checks")
6. (13) 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; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets")
7. (13) head, lead -- (be in charge of; "Who is heading this project?")
8. (10) lead, top -- (be ahead of others; be the first; "she topped her class every year")
9. (9) contribute, lead, conduce -- (be conducive to; "The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing")
10. (8) conduct, lead, direct -- (lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years")
11. (6) lead -- (pass or spend; "lead a good life")
12. (5) go, lead -- (lead, extend, or afford access; "This door goes to the basement"; "The road runs South")
13. (2) precede, lead -- (move ahead (of others) in time or space)
14. (1) run, lead -- (cause something to pass or lead somewhere; "Run the wire behind the cabinet")
15. moderate, chair, lead -- (preside over; "John moderated the discussion")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lead
17 senses of lead
Sense 1
lead, Pb, atomic number 82
=> metallic element, metal
=> chemical element, element
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
lead
=> advantage, vantage
=> asset, plus
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
lead, track, trail
=> evidence, grounds
=> information
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
lead
=> leadership, leading
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
lead
=> angle
=> space
=> amorphous shape
=> shape, form
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> location
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 6
lead, lead-in, lede
=> section, subdivision
=> writing, written material, piece of writing
=> written communication, written language
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> music
=> auditory communication
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
lead
=> score
=> number
=> definite quantity
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 8
star, principal, lead
=> actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player
=> performer, performing artist
=> entertainer
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 9
lead
=> position, place
=> point
=> location
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 10
tip, lead, steer, confidential information, wind, hint
=> guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 11
lead, lead story
=> news article, news story, newspaper article
=> article
=> nonfiction, nonfictional prose
=> prose
=> writing style, literary genre, genre
=> expressive style, style
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> piece
=> creation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 12
spark advance, lead
=> timing
=> temporal arrangement, temporal order
=> temporal property
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 13
leash, tether, lead
=> restraint, constraint
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 14
lead, leading
=> strip, slip
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 15
lead, pencil lead
=> graphite, black lead, plumbago
=> carbon, C, atomic number 6
=> chemical element, element
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 16
jumper cable, jumper lead, lead, booster cable
=> jumper
=> connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> wire, conducting wire
=> conductor
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 17
lead
=> turn, play
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun lead
3 of 17 senses of lead
Sense 1
lead, Pb, atomic number 82
=> hard lead
=> hard lead, antimonial lead
=> pig lead
Sense 8
star, principal, lead
=> co-star
=> film star, movie star
=> idol, matinee idol
=> television star, TV star
Sense 16
jumper cable, jumper lead, lead, booster cable
=> clip lead
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lead
17 senses of lead
Sense 1
lead, Pb, atomic number 82
=> metallic element, metal
Sense 2
lead
=> advantage, vantage
Sense 3
lead, track, trail
=> evidence, grounds
Sense 4
lead
=> leadership, leading
Sense 5
lead
=> angle
Sense 6
lead, lead-in, lede
=> section, subdivision
Sense 7
lead
=> score
Sense 8
star, principal, lead
=> actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player
Sense 9
lead
=> position, place
Sense 10
tip, lead, steer, confidential information, wind, hint
=> guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction
Sense 11
lead, lead story
=> news article, news story, newspaper article
Sense 12
spark advance, lead
=> timing
Sense 13
leash, tether, lead
=> restraint, constraint
Sense 14
lead, leading
=> strip, slip
Sense 15
lead, pencil lead
=> graphite, black lead, plumbago
Sense 16
jumper cable, jumper lead, lead, booster cable
=> jumper
=> wire, conducting wire
Sense 17
lead
=> turn, play
Antonyms of noun lead
1 of 17 senses of lead
Sense 7
lead
Antonym of deficit (Sense 3)
=>deficit
Member Holonyms of noun lead
Substance Holonyms of noun lead
1 of 17 senses of lead
Sense 1
lead, Pb, atomic number 82
SUBSTANCE OF: galena
SUBSTANCE OF: cerussite, white lead ore
Part Holonyms of noun lead
3 of 17 senses of lead
Sense 6
lead, lead-in, lede
PART OF: news article, news story, newspaper article
Sense 15
lead, pencil lead
PART OF: lead pencil
Sense 17
lead
PART OF: card game, cards
Member Meronyms of noun lead
Substance Meronyms of noun lead
Part Meronyms of noun lead
Meronyms of noun lead
Holonyms of noun lead
4 of 17 senses of lead
Sense 1
lead, Pb, atomic number 82
SUBSTANCE OF: galena
SUBSTANCE OF: cerussite, white lead ore
Sense 6
lead, lead-in, lede
PART OF: news article, news story, newspaper article
Sense 15
lead, pencil lead
PART OF: lead pencil
Sense 17
lead
PART OF: card game, cards
Attributes of noun lead
Derived Forms of noun lead
1 of 17 senses of lead
Sense 4
lead
RELATED TO>(verb) lead#15
=> moderate, chair, lead
RELATED TO>(verb) lead#10
=> conduct, lead, direct
RELATED TO>(verb) lead#7
=> head, lead
Domain of noun lead
2 of 17 senses of lead
Sense 7
lead
TOPIC>(noun) sport#1, athletics#1
Sense 9
lead
TOPIC>(noun) baseball#1, baseball game#1
Domain Terms of noun lead
Familiarity of noun lead
lead used as a noun is very familiar (polysemy count =17)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun lead
17 senses of lead
Sense 1
lead, Pb, atomic number 82
> metallic element, metal
=> heavy metal
=> base metal
=> noble metal
=> aluminum, aluminium, Al, atomic number 13
=> americium, Am, atomic number 95
=> antimony, Sb, atomic number 51
=> barium, Ba, atomic number 56
=> berkelium, Bk, atomic number 97
=> beryllium, Be, glucinium, atomic number 4
=> bismuth, Bi, atomic number 83
=> cadmium, Cd, atomic number 48
=> calcium, Ca, atomic number 20
=> californium, Cf, atomic number 98
=> cerium, Ce, atomic number 58
=> cesium, caesium, Cs, atomic number 55
=> chromium, Cr, atomic number 24
=> cobalt, Co, atomic number 27
=> copper, Cu, atomic number 29
=> curium, Cm, atomic number 96
=> dysprosium, Dy, atomic number 66
=> einsteinium, Es, E, atomic number 99
=> erbium, Er, atomic number 68
=> europium, Eu, atomic number 63
=> fermium, Fm, atomic number 100
=> francium, Fr, atomic number 87
=> gadolinium, Gd, atomic number 64
=> gallium, Ga, atomic number 31
=> hafnium, Hf, atomic number 72
=> holmium, Ho, atomic number 67
=> indium, In, atomic number 49
=> iridium, Ir, atomic number 77
=> iron, Fe, atomic number 26
=> lanthanum, La, atomic number 57
=> lead, Pb, atomic number 82
=> lithium, Li, atomic number 3
=> lutetium, lutecium, Lu, atomic number 71
=> magnesium, Mg, atomic number 12
=> manganese, Mn, atomic number 25
=> mercury, quicksilver, hydrargyrum, Hg, atomic number 80
=> molybdenum, Mo, atomic number 42
=> neodymium, Nd, atomic number 60
=> neptunium, Np, atomic number 93
=> nickel, Ni, atomic number 28
=> niobium, Nb, atomic number 41
=> osmium, Os, atomic number 76
=> palladium, Pd, atomic number 46
=> polonium, Po, atomic number 84
=> potassium, K, atomic number 19
=> praseodymium, Pr, atomic number 59
=> promethium, Pm, atomic number 61
=> protactinium, protoactinium, Pa, atomic number 91
=> radium, Ra, atomic number 88
=> rhenium, Re, atomic number 75
=> rhodium, Rh, atomic number 45
=> rubidium, Rb, atomic number 37
=> ruthenium, Ru, atomic number 44
=> samarium, Sm, atomic number 62
=> scandium, Sc, atomic number 21
=> sodium, Na, atomic number 11
=> strontium, Sr, atomic number 38
=> tantalum, Ta, atomic number 73
=> technetium, Tc, atomic number 43
=> terbium, Tb, atomic number 65
=> thallium, Tl, atomic number 81
=> thorium, Th, atomic number 90
=> thulium, Tm, atomic number 69
=> tin, Sn, atomic number 50
=> titanium, Ti, atomic number 22
=> tungsten, wolfram, W, atomic number 74
=> uranium, U, atomic number 92
=> vanadium, V, atomic number 23
=> ytterbium, Yb, atomic number 70
=> yttrium, Y, atomic number 39
=> zinc, Zn, atomic number 30
=> zirconium, Zr, atomic number 40
=> alkali metal, alkaline metal
=> alkaline earth, alkaline-earth metal
Sense 2
lead
> advantage, vantage
=> favor, favour
=> leverage
=> handicap
=> homecourt advantage
=> lead
=> pull, clout
=> start, head start
=> profit, gain
=> preference
=> privilege
=> expedience, expediency
=> superiority, favorable position, favourable position
=> good
=> favorableness, favourableness, advantageousness, positivity, positiveness, profitableness
=> tax advantage
Sense 3
lead, track, trail
> evidence, grounds
=> probable cause
=> proof, cogent evidence
=> disproof, falsification, refutation
=> lead, track, trail
=> symptom
=> sign
Sense 4
lead
> leadership, leading
=> helm
=> lead
=> trend setting
Sense 5
lead
> angle
=> crotch, fork
=> axil
=> helix angle
=> complementary angles
=> angular distance
=> plane angle
=> spherical angle
=> solid angle
=> inclination, angle of inclination
=> inclination, inclination of an orbit
=> salient angle
=> interior angle, internal angle
=> exterior angle, external angle
=> angle of incidence, incidence angle
=> angle of reflection
=> angle of refraction
=> angle of extinction, extinction angle
=> dogleg
=> right angle
=> oblique angle
=> reflex angle
=> perigon, round angle
=> cutting angle
=> dip, angle of dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination, inclination
=> lead
=> magnetic declination, magnetic variation, variation
=> azimuth, AZ
=> polyhedral angle
=> face angle
=> tilt angle
=> vertical angle
=> view angle, angle of view
=> wave angle
Sense 6
lead, lead-in, lede
> section, subdivision
=> lead, lead-in, lede
=> canto
=> above
=> sports section
=> article, clause
=> book
=> chapter
=> episode
=> spot
=> spot
=> insert
=> introduction
=> narration
=> conclusion, end, close, closing, ending
=> passage
=> mezuzah, mezuza
=> sura
=> exposition
=> obbligato, obligato
=> recapitulation
=> development
Sense 7
lead
> score
=> bowling score
=> football score
=> baseball score
=> basketball score
=> birdie
=> bogey
=> deficit
=> double-bogey
=> duck, duck's egg
=> eagle
=> double eagle
=> game
=> lead
=> love
=> match
=> par
Sense 8
star, principal, lead
> actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player
=> actress
=> barnstormer, playactor, play-actor, trouper
=> character actor
=> comedian
=> ham, ham actor
=> heavy
=> ingenue
=> leading man
=> mime, mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist
=> plant
=> reenactor
=> scene-stealer
=> screen actor, movie actor
=> star, principal, lead
=> supernumerary, spear carrier, extra
=> tragedian
=> understudy, standby
=> upstager
=> walk-on
HAS INSTANCE=> Allen, Woody Allen, Allen Stewart Konigsberg
HAS INSTANCE=> Astaire, Fred Astaire
HAS INSTANCE=> Barrymore, Maurice Barrymore, Herbert Blythe
HAS INSTANCE=> Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore
HAS INSTANCE=> Barrymore, John Barrymore
HAS INSTANCE=> Bogart, Humphrey Bogart, Humphrey DeForest Bogart
HAS INSTANCE=> Booth, John Wilkes Booth
HAS INSTANCE=> Burbage, Richard Burbage
HAS INSTANCE=> Burton, Richard Burton
HAS INSTANCE=> Cagney, Jimmy Cagney, James Cagney
HAS INSTANCE=> Chevalier, Maurice Chevalier
HAS INSTANCE=> Cooper, Gary Cooper, Frank Cooper
HAS INSTANCE=> Coward, Noel Coward, Sir Noel Pierce Coward
HAS INSTANCE=> Cronyn, Hume Cronyn, Hume Blake Cronyn
HAS INSTANCE=> Crosby, Bing Crosby, Harry Lillis Crosby
HAS INSTANCE=> Dean, James Dean, James Byron Dean
HAS INSTANCE=> De Niro, Robert De Niro
HAS INSTANCE=> Depardieu, Gerard Depardieu
HAS INSTANCE=> Drew, John Drew
HAS INSTANCE=> Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Julius Ullman
HAS INSTANCE=> Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
HAS INSTANCE=> Fonda, Henry Fonda
HAS INSTANCE=> Gable, Clark Gable, William Clark Gable
HAS INSTANCE=> Garrick, David Garrick
HAS INSTANCE=> Gibson, Mel Gibson, Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson
HAS INSTANCE=> Gielgud, Sir John Gielgud, Arthur John Gielgud
HAS INSTANCE=> Grant, Cary Grant
HAS INSTANCE=> Granville-Barker, Harley Granville-Barker
HAS INSTANCE=> Guinness, Alec Guinness, Sir Alec Guinness
HAS INSTANCE=> Hanks, Tom Hanks, Thomas J. Hanks
HAS INSTANCE=> Harrison, Rex Harrison, Sir Rex Harrison, Reginald Carey Harrison
HAS INSTANCE=> Heming, Hemminge, John Heming, John Hemminge
HAS INSTANCE=> Hoffman, Dustin Hoffman
HAS INSTANCE=> Hopkins, Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins
HAS INSTANCE=> Howard, Leslie Howard, Leslie Howard Stainer
HAS INSTANCE=> Jolson, Al Jolson, Asa Yoelson
HAS INSTANCE=> Karloff, Boris Karloff, William Henry Pratt
HAS INSTANCE=> Kean, Edmund Kean
HAS INSTANCE=> Keaton, Buster Keaton, Joseph Francis Keaton
HAS INSTANCE=> Kelly, Gene Kelly, Eugene Curran Kelly
HAS INSTANCE=> Laughton, Charles Laughton
HAS INSTANCE=> Lee, Bruce Lee, Lee Yuen Kam
HAS INSTANCE=> Lemmon, Jack Lemmon, John Uhler
HAS INSTANCE=> Lloyd, Harold Lloyd, Harold Clayton Lloyd
HAS INSTANCE=> Lorre, Peter Lorre, Laszlo Lowestein
HAS INSTANCE=> Lugosi, Bela Lugosi, Bela Ferenc Blasko
HAS INSTANCE=> Lunt, Alfred Lunt
HAS INSTANCE=> Marshall, E. G. Marshall
HAS INSTANCE=> Martin, Steve Martin
HAS INSTANCE=> Mason, James Mason, James Neville Mason
HAS INSTANCE=> Mitchum, Robert Mitchum
HAS INSTANCE=> Moore, Dudley Moore, Dudley Stuart John Moore
HAS INSTANCE=> Newman, Paul Newman, Paul Leonard Newman
HAS INSTANCE=> Olivier, Laurence Olivier, Sir Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier of Birghton
HAS INSTANCE=> O'Toole, Peter O'Toole, Peter Seamus O'Toole
HAS INSTANCE=> Poitier, Sidney Poitier
HAS INSTANCE=> Redford, Robert Redford, Charles Robert Redford
HAS INSTANCE=> Richardson, Ralph Richardson, Sir Ralph David Richardson
HAS INSTANCE=> Robinson, Edward G. Robinson, Edward Goldenberg Robinson
HAS INSTANCE=> Scott, George C. Scott
HAS INSTANCE=> Sellers, Peter Sellers
HAS INSTANCE=> Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Francis Albert Sinatra
HAS INSTANCE=> Skinner, Otis Skinner
HAS INSTANCE=> Stanislavsky, Konstantin Stanislavsky, Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky, Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev
HAS INSTANCE=> Stewart, Jimmy Stewart, James Maitland Stewart
HAS INSTANCE=> Strasberg, Lee Strasberg, Israel Strassberg
HAS INSTANCE=> Stroheim, Erich von Stroheim
HAS INSTANCE=> Tracy, Spencer Tracy
HAS INSTANCE=> Tree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
HAS INSTANCE=> Ustinov, Sir Peter Ustinov, Peter Alexander Ustinov
HAS INSTANCE=> Wayne, John Wayne, Duke Wayne
HAS INSTANCE=> Welles, Orson Welles, George Orson Welles
Sense 9
lead
> position, place
=> half-mast
=> lead
=> pole position
=> polls
=> pride of place
=> anomaly
=> site, situation
=> setting
=> juxtaposition
=> lie
=> post, station
=> pitch
=> landmark
=> right
=> left
=> back, rear
=> front
=> stand
=> station
=> vantage
Sense 10
tip, lead, steer, confidential information, wind, hint
> guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction
=> road map, guideline
=> career counseling
=> cynosure
=> genetic counseling
=> marriage counseling
=> tip, lead, steer, confidential information, wind, hint
Sense 11
lead, lead story
> news article, news story, newspaper article
=> lead, lead story
=> personal
=> sidebar
Sense 12
spark advance, lead
> timing
=> approach, approaching, coming
=> earliness
=> lateness
=> punctuality, promptness
=> tardiness
=> simultaneity, simultaneousness
=> seasonableness, timeliness
=> unseasonableness, untimeliness
=> pastness
=> futurity
=> presentness, nowness
=> spark advance, lead
Sense 13
leash, tether, lead
> restraint, constraint
=> air bag
=> airbrake, dive brake
=> arrester, arrester hook
=> band
=> brake
=> brake pad
=> brake shoe, shoe, skid
=> catch, stop
=> chain
=> fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
=> gag, muzzle
=> leash, tether, lead
=> lock, ignition lock
=> muzzle
=> safety belt, life belt, safety harness
=> sea anchor, drogue
=> shackle, bond, hamper, trammel
=> trammel
Sense 14
lead, leading
> strip, slip
=> band
=> band, ring
=> band
=> cramp, cramp iron
=> edge, margin
=> lead, leading
=> mullion
=> ribbon, typewriter ribbon
=> screed
=> stay
=> tab
=> tape
=> weather strip, weatherstrip, weather stripping, weatherstripping
Sense 15
lead, pencil lead
> graphite, black lead, plumbago
=> lead, pencil lead
=> pencil
Sense 16
jumper cable, jumper lead, lead, booster cable
> jumper
=> jumper cable, jumper lead, lead, booster cable
> wire, conducting wire
=> filament
=> jumper cable, jumper lead, lead, booster cable
=> lead-in
=> patchcord
=> telephone wire, telephone line, telegraph wire, telegraph line
Sense 17
lead
> turn, play
=> move
=> start, starting
=> innings
=> attack
=> down
=> bat, at-bat
=> lead
=> ruff, trumping
=> trick
Meronyms of noun lead
17 senses of lead
Sense 1
lead, Pb, atomic number 82
=> metallic element, metal
=> chemical element, element
HAS PART: atom
HAS PART: elementary particle, fundamental particle
HAS PART: nucleus
HAS PART: nucleon
Sense 6
lead, lead-in, lede
=> section, subdivision
=> writing, written material, piece of writing
HAS PART: epilogue, epilog
=> written communication, written language
HAS PART: leaf, folio
Sense 7
lead
=> score
HAS PART: point
Sense 8
star, principal, lead
=> actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player
=> performer, performing artist
=> entertainer
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 11
lead, lead story
=> news article, news story, newspaper article
HAS PART: lead, lead-in, lede
HAS PART: opening line
HAS PART: shirttail
=> piece
=> creation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 13
leash, tether, lead
=> restraint, constraint
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 14
lead, leading
=> strip, slip
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 15
lead, pencil lead
=> graphite, black lead, plumbago
=> carbon, C, atomic number 6
=> chemical element, element
HAS PART: atom
HAS PART: elementary particle, fundamental particle
HAS PART: nucleus
HAS PART: nucleon
Sense 16
jumper cable, jumper lead, lead, booster cable
=> jumper
=> connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
=> wire, conducting wire
=> conductor
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun lead
4 of 17 senses of lead
Sense 1
lead, Pb, atomic number 82
SUBSTANCE OF: galena
SUBSTANCE OF: cerussite, white lead ore
Sense 6
lead, lead-in, lede
PART OF: news article, news story, newspaper article
PART OF: newspaper, paper
Sense 15
lead, pencil lead
PART OF: lead pencil
Sense 17
lead
PART OF: card game, cards
Grep of noun lead
antimonial lead
balm of gilead
black lead
clip lead
fairlead
green lead ore
hard lead
jumper lead
lead
lead-acid accumulator
lead-acid battery
lead-in
lead acetate
lead arsenate
lead bank
lead carbonate
lead chromate
lead colic
lead glass
lead line
lead ore
lead pencil
lead plant
lead poisoning
lead sheet
lead story
lead tetraethyl
lead time
lead tree
leadbelly
leaded bronze
leaded gasoline
leader
leaders
leadership
leading
leading astray
leading edge
leading indicator
leading lady
leading light
leading man
leading off
leading question
leading rein
leading tone
leadplant
leadwort
leadwort family
pencil lead
pig lead
red-lead putty
red lead
sounding lead
sugar of lead
tetraethyl lead
white lead
white lead ore
Antonyms of verb lead
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb lead
15 senses of lead
Sense 1
lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
Sense 2
leave, result, lead
=> produce, bring about, give rise
=> make, create
Sense 3
lead
=> leave, result, lead
=> produce, bring about, give rise
=> make, create
Sense 4
lead, head
=> precede, lead
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 5
lead
=> induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
Sense 6
run, go, pass, lead, extend
=> be
Sense 7
head, lead
=> direct
=> manage, deal, care, handle
=> control, command
Sense 8
lead, top
Sense 9
contribute, lead, conduce
=> promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
=> support, back up
Sense 10
conduct, lead, direct
=> perform, execute, do
Sense 11
lead
=> spend, pass
Sense 12
go, lead
=> be
Sense 13
precede, lead
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 14
run, lead
=> pass, make pass
Sense 15
moderate, chair, lead
=> hash out, discuss, talk over
=> talk of, talk about
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb lead
8 of 15 senses of lead
Sense 1
lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
=> beacon
=> hand
=> mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray
=> usher, show
Sense 2
leave, result, lead
=> lead
Sense 3
lead
=> entail, implicate
=> necessitate
Sense 4
lead, head
=> draw away
Sense 5
lead
=> give
Sense 6
run, go, pass, lead, extend
=> come
=> radiate, ray
=> go far, go deep
Sense 7
head, lead
=> chair, chairman
=> captain
=> spearhead
=> take hold, take charge, take control
Sense 13
precede, lead
=> lead, head
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb lead
15 senses of lead
Sense 1
lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
Sense 2
leave, result, lead
=> produce, bring about, give rise
Sense 3
lead
=> leave, result, lead
Sense 4
lead, head
=> precede, lead
Sense 5
lead
=> induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
Sense 6
run, go, pass, lead, extend
=> be
Sense 7
head, lead
=> direct
Sense 8
lead, top
Sense 9
contribute, lead, conduce
=> promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
Sense 10
conduct, lead, direct
=> perform, execute, do
Sense 11
lead
=> spend, pass
Sense 12
go, lead
=> be
Sense 13
precede, lead
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 14
run, lead
=> pass, make pass
Sense 15
moderate, chair, lead
=> hash out, discuss, talk over
'Cause To' of verb lead
Derived Forms of verb lead
6 of 15 senses of lead
Sense 1
lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
RELATED TO>(noun) leader#1
=> leader
Sense 4
lead, head
RELATED TO>(noun) leader#1
=> leader
Sense 5
lead
RELATED TO>(noun) leader#1
=> leader
Sense 7
head, lead
RELATED TO>(noun) lead#4
=> lead
RELATED TO>(noun) leader#1
=> leader
Sense 10
conduct, lead, direct
RELATED TO>(noun) lead#4
=> lead
Sense 15
moderate, chair, lead
RELATED TO>(noun) lead#4
=> lead
Domain of verb lead
1 of 15 senses of lead
Sense 10
conduct, lead, direct
TOPIC>(noun) music#3
Domain Terms of verb lead
Familiarity of verb lead
lead used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count =15)
Sample Sentences of verb lead
15 senses of lead
Sense 1
lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
EX: The men lead the horses across the field
Sense 2
leave, result, lead
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
lead
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 4
lead, head
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 5
lead
EX: They lead him to write the letter
Sense 6
run, go, pass, lead, extend
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 7
head, lead
EX: They lead him to write the letter
Sense 8
lead, top
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
=> Somebody ----s something
=> Somebody ----s somebody
=> Something ----s somebody
=> Something ----s something
Sense 9
contribute, lead, conduce
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 10
conduct, lead, direct
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 11
lead
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 12
go, lead
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 13
precede, lead
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 14
run, lead
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 15
moderate, chair, lead
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb lead
13 of 15 senses of lead
Sense 2
leave, result, lead
> produce, bring about, give rise
=> induce, induct
=> leave, result, lead
Sense 3
lead
> leave, result, lead
=> lead
Sense 4
lead, head
> precede, lead
=> lead, head
Sense 5
lead
> induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
=> decide
=> persuade
=> bring
=> solicit
=> encourage
=> let
=> lead
=> prompt, inspire, instigate
=> suborn
=> compel, oblige, obligate
Sense 6
run, go, pass, lead, extend
> be
=> stretch, stretch along
=> attend, go to
=> occupy, fill
=> dwell, live, inhabit
=> inhabit, occupy
=> stand back, keep one's eyes off, keep one's distance, keep one's hands off, stay away
=> reach, extend to, touch
=> run, go, pass, lead, extend
=> go, lead
=> cover, continue, extend
=> extend, poke out, reach out
=> lie
=> sit
=> face
=> straddle
=> follow
=> center on
=> lie, rest
=> belong, go
=> come
Sense 7
head, lead
> direct
=> hold, throw, have, make, give
=> guide, steer
=> head, lead
=> operate, run
Sense 9
contribute, lead, conduce
> promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
=> connive at, wink at
=> foster, further
=> spur
=> help
=> carry
=> feed
=> contribute, lead, conduce
Sense 10
conduct, lead, direct
> perform, execute, do
=> click off
=> sight-read
=> carry
=> pipe up
=> declaim, recite
=> serenade
=> cut corners
=> stunt
=> cut
=> blaze away
=> scamp
=> churn out
=> premier, premiere
=> star
=> appear
=> rehearse, practise, practice
=> improvise, improvize, ad-lib, extemporize, extemporise
=> interpret, render
=> conduct, lead, direct
=> make
Sense 11
lead
> spend, pass
=> soldier
=> lead
=> sunday
=> christmas
=> put in
=> weekend
=> piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle
=> misspend
=> vacation, holiday
=> serve, do
=> while away, get through
=> sojourn
=> winter, overwinter
=> summer
Sense 12
go, lead
> be
=> stretch, stretch along
=> attend, go to
=> occupy, fill
=> dwell, live, inhabit
=> inhabit, occupy
=> stand back, keep one's eyes off, keep one's distance, keep one's hands off, stay away
=> reach, extend to, touch
=> run, go, pass, lead, extend
=> go, lead
=> cover, continue, extend
=> extend, poke out, reach out
=> lie
=> sit
=> face
=> straddle
=> follow
=> center on
=> lie, rest
=> belong, go
=> come
Sense 13
precede, lead
> travel, go, move, locomote
=> go around, spread, circulate
=> carry
=> ease
=> whish
=> float
=> swap
=> seek
=> whine
=> fly
=> ride
=> come
=> ghost
=> betake oneself
=> pass over, overfly
=> travel
=> wend
=> do
=> raft
=> get around, get about
=> repair, resort
=> cruise
=> travel, journey
=> come, come up
=> round
=> trundle
=> push
=> travel purposefully
=> swing
=> roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
=> walk, take the air
=> weave, wind, thread, meander, wander
=> forge, spurt, spirt
=> crawl, creep
=> scramble
=> slither, slide
=> wheel, roll
=> glide
=> bounce, jounce
=> breeze
=> float, drift, be adrift, blow
=> play
=> float, swim
=> walk
=> turn, move around
=> circle
=> slice into, slice through
=> stray, err, drift
=> run
=> step
=> drive, motor
=> automobile
=> ski
=> fly, wing
=> steamer, steam
=> tram
=> taxi
=> ferry
=> caravan
=> ride, sit
=> prance
=> swim
=> rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
=> ascend, go up
=> descend, fall, go down, come down
=> fall
=> zigzag, crank
=> follow, travel along
=> advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
=> withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
=> retrograde
=> proceed, go forward, continue
=> back
=> pan
=> follow
=> precede, lead
=> pursue, follow
=> return, go back, get back, come back
=> derail, jump
=> flock
=> accompany
=> billow
=> circulate
=> circle, circulate
=> angle
=> pass, go through, go across
=> travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass
=> travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip
=> speed
=> zoom
=> drive
=> rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
=> trail, shack
=> shuttle
=> hiss, whoosh
=> whisk
=> career
=> circuit
=> lance
=> outflank, go around
=> propagate
=> draw
=> transfer, change
=> swash
=> pace
=> step, tread
=> step
=> hurtle
=> retreat
=> whistle
=> island hop
=> plow, plough
=> lurch
=> sift
=> fall
=> drag
=> run
=> bang
=> precess
=> travel, move around
=> ride
=> snowshoe
=> beetle
Sense 14
run, lead
> pass, make pass
=> cycle
=> pass off
=> pass through
=> run, lead
Sense 15
moderate, chair, lead
> hash out, discuss, talk over
=> negociate, negotiate, talk terms
=> negociate
=> powwow
=> debate, deliberate
=> consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate
=> bandy, kick around
=> moderate, chair, lead
=> rede, advise, counsel
=> confer, confabulate, confab, consult
=> broach, initiate
=> bandy about
=> thrash out, hammer out
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb lead
Sense 1
lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
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Sense 2
leave, result, lead
=> produce, bring about, give rise
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Sense 3
lead
=> leave, result, lead
--------------
Sense 4
lead, head
=> precede, lead
--------------
Sense 5
lead
=> induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
--------------
Sense 6
run, go, pass, lead, extend
=> be
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Sense 7
head, lead
=> direct
--------------
Sense 8
lead, top
--------------
Sense 9
contribute, lead, conduce
=> promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
--------------
Sense 10
conduct, lead, direct
=> perform, execute, do
--------------
Sense 11
lead
=> spend, pass
--------------
Sense 12
go, lead
=> be
--------------
Sense 13
precede, lead
=> travel, go, move, locomote
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Sense 14
run, lead
=> pass, make pass
--------------
Sense 15
moderate, chair, lead
=> hash out, discuss, talk over
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Grep of verb lead
blacklead
cheerlead
lead
lead astray
lead by the nose
lead off
lead on
lead up
mislead
plead
Grep of adj lead
in the lead
lead-colored
lead-coloured
lead-free
leaded
leaden
leading
leadless
Grep of adv lead
in the lead
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