Lead Synonyms

1. guide

• usher
• take
• steer
• show someone the way
• show
• shepherd
• see
• pilot
• marshal
• lead the way
• help
• guide
• escort
• conduct
• assist
• accompany

2. result in

• trigger (off)
• touch off
• stir up
• speed up
• spark off
• set off
• rouse
• risk
• result in
• quicken
• push forward
• provoke
• prompt
• promote
• produce
• precipitate
• occasion
• necessitate
• make happen
• involve
• invite
• instigate
• help
• have a part in
• have a hand in
• hasten
• give rise to
• generate
• further
• foment
• expedite
• excite
• entail
• engender
• elicit
• effectuate
• effect
• create
• cost
• contribute to
• conduce to
• cause
• call forth
• bring on
• bring about
• be the cause of
• be instrumental in
• be conducive to
• arouse
• advance
• add to
• accelerate

3. be the leader of

• take the chair of
• supervise
• superintend
• run the show
• run
• rule
• reign over
• regulate
• preside over
• oversee
• organize
• orchestrate
• mastermind
• master
• manage
• hold sway over
• head up
• head
• have control of
• have charge of
• guide
• govern
• domineer
• dominate
• direct
• control
• conduct
• command
• chair
• call the shots
• be the leader of
• be the head of
• be in power over
• be in control of
• be in command of
• be in charge of
• be at the helm of
• administer

4. be ahead

• come first
• be winning
• be out in front
• be in the lead
• be in front
• be first
• be ahead

5. be at the front of

• widen the gap
• walk away from
• trump
• transcend
• top
• surpass
• shake off
• run rings around
• outvie
• outstrip
• outrun
• outrival
• outpace
• outdo
• outdistance
• outclass
• leave standing
• leave behind
• head
• get (further) ahead of
• excel
• exceed
• draw away from
• cap
• better
• be first in
• be at the front of
• beat
• be ahead of

6. experience

• undergo
• spend
• pass
• live
• have
• experience

7. first position

• whip hand
• upper hand
• supremacy
• superiority
• primacy
• precedence
• pre-eminence
• head start
• head place
• forefront
• first position
• edge
• dominance
• ascendancy
• advantage

8. 

• spearhead
• provide a route to
• open on to
• head
• give on to
• connect with/to
• communicate with
• be at the head of
• be at the front of

9. clue

• tip-off
• tip
• suggestion
• signal
• sign
• pointer
• intimation
• inkling
• information
• indicator
• indication
• hint
• guide
• evidence
• clue

10. leading

• winning
• vanguard
• van
• up front
• to the fore
• top
• principal
• prime
• primary
• premier
• paramount
• most important
• main
• leading the field
• leading position
• leading place
• leading
• in front
• head
• front
• foremost
• first place
• first
• chief
• ahead
• advance position

11. leading role

• title role
• star part
• star/starring role
• star
• protagonist
• principal part
• principal character
• male lead
• leading role
• leading man
• leading lady
• heroine
• hero
• female lead

12. leash

• tether
• rope
• rein
• line
• leash
• cord
• chain