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leaders

leaders

1.1
People who are in charge of a group, organization, or country
  • noun
  • /ˈliːdərz/
translation icon : líderes
  • Now, Thailand is one of the places where leaders face bad choices.

They're coaches, they're Boy Scout leaders, they're priests, they're rabbis.

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Examples

  • It needs leaders who are bold and leaders who take action.

  • And I think university leaders need to start doing that.

  • OK, Do all good leaders have to be good speakers?

  • As I mentioned, Zeldovich was one of the leaders in this research.

  • Many of these leaders don't tell great stories.

  • We have to prepare the next generation of leaders, scholars and thinkers.

  • Effective leaders inspire their teams to achieve common goals.

  • The community looked to its leaders for guidance during the crisis.

  • Many leaders emerged from the summit to advocate for climate change solutions.

Synonyms

chief
vsleaders
1.9

A person who leads a group or community

is a member of the people who direct but not always the top person
boss
vsleaders
1.0

A person in charge of a group or workers

is one of the people who direct or guide an organization
commander
vsleaders
3.6

A person in charge of a group who gives orders and leads them

is a general authority figure used across many nonmilitary groups
head
vsleaders
2.2

A person who is in charge of a group or organization

is one of the people who direct or guide a group
master
vsleaders
3.7

A person in charge of a group or place

refers to people who direct groups rather than control by ownership
captain
vsleaders
665 1.4

A person who leads a group or team

is any person among those guiding a group, not only team heads
leadership
vsleaders
514 3.8

Group of people who are in charge of an organization

is about individual people who hold authority within a group
ruler
vsleaders
153 2.1

A person who has power over a country or its people

covers people who guide groups of any size, not only nations

Antonyms

38 4.6

A person with a lower job rank who follows another's orders

2.1

People who strongly support and admire a person or group

How Powerful

head of state
  • Formal
49 3.5
leaders
1.1
director
424 3.0
manager
1.6
civic leader
6 3.5

Surface Forms

leader singular
leaders plural

Morphology

leaders = leader (transparent) = leader + s

Regular plural formation from the common noun 'leader', meaning is directly predictable.

Etymology

The word leaders comes from the old English verb lead meaning 'to go in front' or 'to guide', plus the agent ending -er that makes 'one who does something'. So, a leader is literally someone who goes ahead and guides others.