leader

CEFRA2

/ˈliː.də(ɹ)/

noun

Türkçe translations

Translating…

In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who guides or controls a group or organization.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any person who leads or directs.

Examples

  • Everyone looked on me as a leader.

  • The guild leader relegated Vince to a lesser officer because he was abusing his power.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈli.ɾɚ]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. One who goes first.

  2. One having authority to direct.

  3. One who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles.

More examples

In context

  • Their leader condemned the torture and killing of innocent civilians.

  • We elected her team leader.

  • Leader of the House of Commons

Synonyms

Antonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The project blank motivated the team to work together and succeed.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

Nearby

Origin

noun

Old English lǣdere Middle English leder English leader Inherited from Middle English leder, from Old English lǣdere (“leader”), from Proto-West Germanic *laidijārī, from *laidī (“leading, leadership”) + *-ārī, or from *laid (“leading”) + *-ārī. By surface analysis, lead + -er. Cognate with Scots ledar, leidar (“leader”), West Frisian lieder (“leader”), Dutch leider (“leader”), German Leiter (“leader, conductor, manager”), Danish leder (“leader, manager”), Swedish ledare (“leader, conductor, director”), Icelandic leiðari (“leader, conductor”).