national leader

1. 1.

   a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs

   Synonymsstatesmansolon

   Broaderpolitician

   Narrowerelder statesmanFounding FatherstateswomanAchesonAdenauerAgrippaAlcibiadesArafatAtaturkAttlee

Questions about national leader

What does national leader mean?

national leader means "a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs".

What is another word for national leader?

Close synonyms include statesman, solon. 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.

Is national leader a common word?

national leader is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.