leader

Meaning

  1. Any person who leads or directs.
  2. Any person who leads or directs.
  3. Any person who leads or directs.
  4. Any person who leads or directs.
  5. Any person who leads or directs.
  6. Any person who leads or directs.
  7. (UK) Any person who leads or directs.
  8. An animal that leads.
  9. An animal that leads.
  10. An animal that leads.
  11. Someone or something that leads or conducts.
  12. Someone or something that leads or conducts.
  13. (UK) Someone or something that leads or conducts.
  14. Someone or something that leads or conducts.
  15. Someone or something that leads or conducts.
  16. (dated) Someone or something that leads or conducts.
  17. Someone or something that leads or conducts.
  18. Someone or something that leads or conducts.
  19. (in-plural) Someone or something that leads or conducts.
  20. Someone or something that leads or conducts.
  21. Someone or something that leads or conducts.
  22. Someone or something that leads or conducts.
  23. Someone or something that leads or conducts.
  24. Someone or something that leads or conducts.

Opposite of
wheeler
Synonyms

chief
A2
head
A1
boss
A1
guide
B2
director
A2
commander
B1
master
A2
manager
B1
ringleader
24k
ruler
C1
captain
A1
president
A2
lord
A1
chairman
B2
conductor
C1
headman
26k
authority
B2
chieftain
28k

person in authority

administrator
C2
principal
B2
governor
B1
superintendent
C1
supervisor
C1

leading article

elder
B2
editorial
C2
chairperson
49k
superior
B2
pioneer
C2
main
B1
teacher
A2
🧑‍🏫
foreman
C1
prince
B1
🤴
chef
B1
top
A2
🔝
loss leader

important person

host
B2
skipper
C1

leader region

commandant
C2
executive
B2
drawing card
leadership
C1
instructor
C1
big man
chairwoman
37k
mastermind
C2
bellwether
Translations

chef
Führer
líder
dirigeant
capo
Leiter
🪜
jefe
leader
Anführer
leader
Chef
dirigente
Häuptling
aanvoerder
leider
Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈliː.də(ɹ)/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
leder
Inherited from Old English
lǣdere
Cognate with Scots
ledar
Cognate with Western Frisian
lieder
Cognate with Dutch
Dutch
leider
Cognate with German
German
Leiter
Cognate with Danish
leder
Cognate with Swedish
ledare
Cognate with Icelandic
leiðari
In summary

From Middle English leder, ledere, from Old English lǣdere (“leader”), from Proto-West Germanic *laidijārī (“leader”), equivalent to 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”).

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