Associations to the word «Leader»

Wiktionary

LEADER, noun. Any person that leads or directs.
LEADER, noun. One who goes first.
LEADER, noun. One having authority to direct.
LEADER, noun. One who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles.
LEADER, noun. A person or organization that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc.
LEADER, noun. (music) A performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra.
LEADER, noun. (music) (UK) The first violin in a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster.
LEADER, noun. An animal that leads.
LEADER, noun. The dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions.
LEADER, noun. An animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs.
LEADER, noun. Something that leads or conducts.
LEADER, noun. (botany) A fast-growing terminal shoot of a woody plant.
LEADER, noun. A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground.
LEADER, noun. (UK) The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story.
LEADER, noun. (fishing) A section of line between the main fishing line and the snell of a hook, intended to be more resistant to bites and harder for a fish to detect than the main fishing line.
LEADER, noun. A piece of material at the beginning or end of a reel or roll to allow the material to the threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a projector or a roll of paper onto a rotary printing press.
LEADER, noun. (marketing) A loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price.
LEADER, noun. (printing) A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.
LEADER, noun. (printing) (in the plural) A row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.
LEADER, noun. (fishing) A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc.
LEADER, noun. (mining) A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.
LEADER, noun. (nautical) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.
LEADER, noun. (engineering) The drive wheel in any kind of machinery.
LEADER BOARD, noun. Alternative form of leaderboard
LEADER BOARDS, noun. Plural of leader board
LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD, noun. (idiomatic) (regional) The President of the United States.
LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION, noun. (politics) (UK) In a house of legislature following the model of the Westminster system (such as the UK House of Commons), the parliamentary leader of the largest political party not forming the government.
LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION, noun. Alternative form of Leader of the Opposition
LEADER SEQUENCE, noun. (genetics) The sequence at the 5' end of an mRNA molecule that is not translated into protein.

Dictionary definition

LEADER, noun. A person who rules or guides or inspires others.
LEADER, noun. A featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras