leader

Other forms of leader

plural

leaders·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about leader

What does leader mean?

leader means "a person who rules or guides or inspires others". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in leader?

leader has 2 syllables: lea-der. The stress falls on "lea". In IPA it is /ˈlidɚ/.

What is another word for leader?

Close synonyms include drawing card, loss leader. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of leader?

The recorded antonyms are follower.

Is leader a common word?

leader is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with leader?

2 words rhyme with leader. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.