Definition of leads

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• leads is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
• leads is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
• leads is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7

Definition of leads

• be in charge of (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. head
• the introductory section of a story (noun)

  Examples

  1. it was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter

  Synonyms

  1. lead-in
  2. lede
• take somebody somewhere (verb)

  Examples

  1. We lead him to our chief

  Synonyms

  1. conduct
  2. direct
  3. guide
  4. take
• produce as a result or residue (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. leave
  2. result
• be conducive to (verb)

  Examples

  1. The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing

  Synonyms

  1. conduce
  2. contribute
• lead, as in the performance of a composition (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. conduct
  2. direct
• a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire (noun)

  Examples

  1. it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads

  Synonyms

  1. booster cable
  2. jumper cable
  3. jumper lead
• a news story of major importance (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. lead story
• travel in front of; go in advance of others (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. head
• lead, extend, or afford access (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. go
• move ahead (of others) in time or space (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. precede
• preside over (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. chair
  2. moderate
• a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey (noun)

  Examples

  1. the children were playing with lead soldiers

  Synonyms

  1. atomic number 82
  2. pb
• cause something to pass or lead somewhere (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. run
• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. extend
  2. go
  3. pass
  4. run
• be ahead of others; be the first (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. top
• an actor who plays a principal role (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. principal
  2. star
• evidence pointing to a possible solution (noun)

  Examples

  1. the police are following a promising lead

  Synonyms

  1. track
  2. trail
• thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. leading
• restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. leash
  2. tether
• the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. spark advance
• an indication of potential opportunity (noun)

  Examples

  1. a good lead for a job

  Synonyms

  1. confidential information
  2. hint
  3. steer
  4. tip
  5. wind
• mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. pencil lead
• an advantage held by a competitor in a race (noun)

  Examples

  1. he took the lead at the last turn
• a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase `take the lead') (noun)

  Examples

  1. he takes the lead in any group
  2. we were just waiting for someone to take the lead
  3. they didn't follow our lead
• (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base (noun)

  Examples

  1. he took a long lead off first
• cause to undertake a certain action (verb)
• (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning (noun)
• tend to or result in (verb)

  Examples

  1. This remark lead to further arguments among the guests
• the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile) (noun)
• the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge (noun)

  Examples

  1. the lead was in the dummy

See definition of leads in Merriam Webster