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lead

[leed] / lid /
NOUN
first place, supremacy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
advantage edge margin point start supremacy top
STRONG
advance bulge direction facade over precedence primacy priority spark star vanguard
WEAK
ahead cutting edge front rank title role top spot
Antonyms
STRONGEST
center disadvantage interior
STRONG
rear
WEAK
last
NOUN
leadership; example
Synonyms
STRONGEST
head leadership pilot principal
STRONG
blueprint example exemplar guide ideal model paradigm pattern precedent standard template
NOUN
clue
Synonyms
STRONGEST
clue
STRONG
evidence hint indication proof sign suggestion tip trace
VERB
guide physically
Synonyms
STRONGEST
attend bring drive force get see show
STRONG
accompany chaperone coerce compel conduct convey convoy direct escort guard impel pilot precede protect quarterback route safeguard shepherd span squire steer traverse usher
WEAK
be responsible for find a way go along with go out in front pass along point out point the way show around show in show the way watch over
Antonyms
STRONGEST
fail ignore neglect surrender yield
STRONG
abandon delay desert harm hinder hold hurt injure keep leave lose prevent repress stop suppress
WEAK
fall behind follow obey
VERB
guide mentally; influence
Synonyms
STRONGEST
affect conduce encourage excite galvanize guide hearten incline induce influence inspire instill introduce motivate move persuade prevail prompt spark spur
STRONG
boss call the shots command coordinate direct govern head helm manage preside over run things spearhead supervise trail-blaze
WEAK
cause oversee quarterback serve shepherd tend
Antonyms
STRONG
discourage dissuade hinder mismanage neglect prevent
VERB
surpass
Synonyms
STRONGEST
surpass
STRONG
exceed excel outdo outstrip precede preface transcend usher
WEAK
be ahead blaze a trail come first
Antonyms
STRONG
be inferior fail lose
WEAK
fall behind

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What are other ways to say lead?

To lead is to bring onward in a course, guiding by contact or by going in advance; hence, figuratively, to influence or induce to some course of conduct: to lead a procession; to lead astray. Guide implies continuous presence or agency in showing or indicating a course: to guide a traveler. To conduct is to precede or escort them to a place, sometimes with a degree of ceremony: to conduct a guest to his room. To direct is to give information for guidance, or instructions or orders for a course of procedure: to direct someone to the station. 

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.