leading

The word “leading” has 2 syllables: lead-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈliːdɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for leading?

In the thesaurus, “leading” has 161 synonyms and 52 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for leading along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for leading

accompanying
announcing
arch
ascendant
ascendent
attending
bearing
best
big
bossing
briefing
capital
captaining
cardinal
celebrated
central
champion
chaperoning
chief
coaching
commanding
conducting
controlling
convoying
counseling
counselling
coursing
crossing
cultivating
cutting
directing
distinguished
dominant
dominating
drilling
eminent
engineering
enlightening
escorting
extending
famed
famous
first
following
foremost
fostering
godfathering
going
governing
grand
great
greatest
guiding
handling
head
heading
headmost
heralding
high
high-level
highest
illustrious
important
in charge
inaugural
incomparable
inculcating
indoctrinating
influential
informing
initial
instructing
key
lead
lying
main
major
managing
marshaling
marshalling
master
matchless
mentoring
mighty
momentous
noble
notable
noted
noteworthy
notorious
number one
numero uno
nurturing
officiating
outstanding
overbearing
overmastering
overriding
overseeing
paramount
passing
piloting
popular
preceding
predominant
predominate
preeminent
premier
presiding
prestigious
primal
primary
prime
principal
prior
prominent
regnant
regulating
reigning
renowned
routing
ruling
running
schooling
seeing
senior
shepherding
showing
signal
significant
sovereign
sovran
spanning
spearheading
squiring
star
steering
stellar
supereminent
superintending
superior
supervising
supervisory
supreme
swaying
teaching
top
topmost
training
traversing
tutoring
unequaled
unequalled
unparalleled
unsurpassed
upmost
upper
uppermost
ushering
walking through
well-known

Antonyms for leading

ancillary
assistant
assisting
auxiliary
coadjutor
collateral
concluding
deputy
dogging
ending
extra
final
finishing
following
hounding
inconsequential
inconsiderable
inconspicuous
inferior
insignificant
junior
last
least
less
lesser
low
lower
lowly
minor
negligible
obeying
obscure
ordinary
second
secondary
serving
shadowing
slight
stopping
subordinate
subsidiary
supplementary
tailgating
tailing
terminating
trailing
trifling
trivial
under
unimportant
unknown
unremarkable

Meanings of leading

verb
1. To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
2. To place leads between the lines of.
3. (heading) To guide or conduct.
4. To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
5. (heading) To begin, to be ahead.
6. To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure.
7. To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
8. To produce (with to).
9. (transitive) To live or experience (a particular way of life).
adjective
1. Providing guidance or direction.
2. Ranking first.
3. Occurring in advance; preceding.
noun
1. An act by which one is led or guided.
2. Vertical space added between lines; line spacing.

Example Sentences

She is a leading expert in climate change research.
The team is currently leading by ten points in the final quarter.
He played a leading role in the development of the new policy.
The company is among the leading producers of electric vehicles.
A leading question can influence the witness’s response.

On this page you'll find 213 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to leading, such as: accompanying, ancillary, announcing, arch, ascendant, ascendent, assistant.

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