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| Main Entry: | lead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | first place, supremacy |
| Synonyms: | advance, advantage, ahead, bulge, cutting edge*, direction, edge, example, facade, guidance, head, heavy, leadership, margin, model, over, pilot, point, precedence, primacy, principal, priority, protagonist, spark, star, start, top, vanguard, front rank, title role, top spot |
| Antonyms: | last |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lead |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guide physically |
| Synonyms: | accompany, attend, chaperone, coerce, compel, conduct, convey, convoy, direct, drive, escort, force, get, guard, impel, induce, manage, persuade, pilot, point out, precede, prevail, protect, route, safeguard, see, shepherd, show, span, squire, steer, traverse, usher, be responsible for, find a way, go along with, pass along, point the way, quarterback, show around, show in, show the way, watch over |
| Antonyms: | follow |
| Main Entry: | lead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clue |
| Synonyms: | evidence, guide, hint, indication, proof, sign, suggestion, tip, trace |
| Main Entry: | lead |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guide mentally; influence |
| Synonyms: | affect, bring, bring on, call the shots*, cause, command, contribute, convert, direct, dispose, draw, govern, head, helm, incline, induce, introduce, manage, motivate, move, persuade, prevail, produce, prompt, serve, shepherd, spearhead*, spur, supervise, tend, conduce, get the jump on, go out in front, preside over, quarterback, result in, run things, trail-blaze |
| Antonyms: | comply, consent, follow, obey |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lead |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surpass |
| Synonyms: | blaze a trail, exceed, excel, outdo, outstrip, precede, preface, transcend, usher, be ahead, come first |
| Antonyms: | lose, fall behind |
| Main Entry: | lead (a life) |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | experience |
| Synonyms: | have, live, pass, spend, undergo |
| Main Entry: | actor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who performs, entertains by role-playing |
| Synonyms: | amateur, artist, bit player, character, clown, comedian, entertainer, extra, foil, ham*, idol, lead, mime, mimic, performer, player, stand-in, star, stooge*, thespian, understudy, villain, barnstormer, hambone, headliner, impersonator, ingénue, pantomimist, play-actor, soubrette, straight person, thesp, trouper, ventriloquist, walk-on |
| Antonyms: | audience, fan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | advantage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | benefit, favored position or circumstance |
| Synonyms: | aid, ascendancy, asset, assistance, authority, avail, blessing, boon, break, choice, comfort, convenience, dominance, edge, eminence, favor, gain, good, gratification, help, hold, improvement, influence, interest, lead, leeway, leverage, luck, mastery, odds, position, power, precedence, preference, prestige, prevalence, profit, protection, recognition, resources, return, sanction, starting, superiority, support, supremacy, upper hand*, utility, wealth, expediency, leg-up, pre-eminence |
| Notes: | advantage is a relatively favorable position; superiority of means while vantage is a position, condition, or opportunity that is likely to provide superiority or an advantage |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage, drawback, handicap, hindrance, loss, obstacle, restriction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | avant-garde |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unconventional, forward-looking |
| Synonyms: | beat*, experimental, head*, hip*, innovative, lead, liberal, new, new wave, progressive, radical, state-of-the-art, vanguard, leading-edge, pioneering |
| Antonyms: | conservative, conventional |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bullet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small missile |
| Synonyms: | ammunition, ball, bolt, cap, cartridge, dose*, lead, pellet, projectile, rocket, round, shot, slug, ammo, love letter, trajectile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hint, evidence |
| Synonyms: | cue, dead giveaway*, indication, inkling, intimation, key, lead, mark, notion, pointer, print, proof, sign, solution, suggestion, suspicion, telltale, tip, trace, track, wind, hot lead, tip-off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | signal to act |
| Synonyms: | catchword, clue, hint, idea, indication, inkling, innuendo, intimation, job, key, lead, nod, notion, prod, prompt, reminder, sign, suggestion, telltale*, warning, hot lead, in the wind, mnemonic, prompting, tip-off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dean |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leader of institution |
| Synonyms: | administrator, authority, dignitary, ecclesiastic, guide, lead, legislator, pilot, president, principal, professor, senior, tack, doyen |
| Antonyms: | pupil, student |
| Main Entry: | dispose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | place, order; deal with |
| Synonyms: | actuate, adapt, adjust, arrange, array, bend, bias, call the tune, condition, determine, distribute, fix, govern, group, incline, induce, influence, lay down the law, lead, locate, make willing, marshal, methodize, motivate, move, organize, predispose, prepare, promote, prompt, put, put one's foot down, put to rights, range, rank, read the riot act, regulate, ride herd on*, set, set in order, settle, shepherd, stand, sway, systematize, tailor, tempt |
| Antonyms: | disarrange, disorder, displace, disturb, mismanage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | escort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act as a companion, guard |
| Synonyms: | accompany, attend, bear, bring, carry, chaperon, company, conduct, convoy, date, direct, drag, guide, lead, partner, pilot, protect, route, see, shepherd, show, squire, steer, usher, consort with, go with, take out |
| Antonyms: | abandon, desert, drop, leave, lose, maroon, neglect |
| Main Entry: | fetch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go get, bring in |
| Synonyms: | back, bear, bring, buck, call for, carry, conduct, convey, deliver, earn, elicit, escort, get, go for, gun, heel, lead, lug*, make, obtain, pack, produce, realize, retrieve, ride, schlepp*, sell, shoulder*, transport, truck*, yield, be sold for, bring back, bring to, draw forth, give rise to, piggyback, sell for, tote |
| Antonyms: | free, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | forefront/foreground |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prominence |
| Synonyms: | beginning, center, focus, fore, front, lead, limelight*, spearhead*, state-of-the-art, vanguard, cutting-edge, forepart, leading-edge, on the line |
| Antonyms: | back, background, rear, unimportance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gray/grey |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | muted silver in color |
| Synonyms: | ashen, battleship*, dingy, drab, dusky, dusty, iron, lead, leaden, livid, mousy, neutral, pearly, peppery, powder, sere, slate, smoky, somber, stone, ash, cinereal, clouded, dove, granite, heather, oyster, shaded, silvered, silvery |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | head |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage, oversee |
| Synonyms: | address, command, control, direct, dominate, govern, guide, lead, pioneer, precede, rule, run, supervise, be first, be in charge, go first, hold sway over, lead the way |
| Antonyms: | follow, obey |
| Main Entry: | herd |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather; shepherd |
| Synonyms: | assemble, associate, collect, congregate, corral, drive, flock, force, goad, guide, huddle, lead, muster, poke, punch, rally, round up*, run, spur, scare up |
| Antonyms: | disperse, scatter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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