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guru
noun. mentor, guide
  • authority
  • guiding light
  • leader
  • master
  • sage
  • teacher
  • tutor

inducement
noun. incentive, motive
  • attraction
  • bait
  • brainwash
  • carrot
  • cause
  • come-on
  • con
  • consideration
  • desire
  • encouragement
  • hard sell
  • hook
  • impulse
  • incitement
  • influence
  • leader
  • lure
  • reward
  • snow job
  • soft soap
  • spur
  • stimulus
  • sweet talk
  • temptation
  • twist
  • urge

legislator
noun. person in government who makes laws
  • administrator
  • aldermember
  • assemblymember
  • council member
  • deputy
  • lawgiver
  • lawmaker
  • leader
  • member
  • member of Congress
  • parliamentarian
  • representative
  • senator

luminary
noun. very important person
  • VIP
  • big name
  • celeb
  • celebrity
  • dignitary
  • eminence
  • leader
  • lion
  • name
  • notability
  • notable
  • personage
  • personality
  • somebody
  • star
  • superstar
  • worthy

magnate
noun. important person, usually in business
  • VIP
  • aristocrat
  • bigwig
  • businessperson
  • capitalist
  • captain of industry
  • chief
  • figure
  • financier
  • industrialist
  • leader
  • lion
  • merchant
  • mogul
  • name
  • noble
  • notable
  • peer
  • personage
  • plutocrat
  • tycoon

mover and shaker
noun. person who makes things happen
  • VIP
  • achiever
  • affluential
  • catalyst
  • doer
  • enterprising person
  • entrepreneur
  • generator
  • go-getter
  • heavy hitter
  • heavyweight
  • leader
  • lightning rod
  • man of influence
  • mover
  • palpable presence
  • pathfinder
  • player
  • presence
  • producer
  • spark plug
  • trailblazer
  • upstart
  • wheeler and dealer
  • whip

notable
noun. person who is famous, important
  • VIP
  • big name
  • big shot
  • big wheel
  • big-time operator
  • celebrity
  • chief
  • dignitary
  • eminence
  • executive
  • figure
  • heavyweight
  • high-up
  • hotdog
  • leader
  • lion
  • luminary
  • magnate
  • mogul
  • name
  • notability
  • personage
  • personality
  • pooh-bah
  • power
  • somebody
  • star
  • superstar
  • worthy

officer
noun. person who has high position in
  • President
  • agent
  • appointee
  • bureaucrat
  • chief
  • civil servant
  • deputy
  • dignitary
  • director
  • executive
  • functionary
  • head
  • leader
  • magistrate
  • manager
  • officeholder
  • official
  • organization administrator
  • public servant
  • representative

official
noun. person representing organization
  • CEO
  • President
  • administrator
  • agent
  • big shot
  • boss
  • brains
  • brass
  • bureaucrat
  • chancellor
  • civil servant
  • commissioner
  • comptroller
  • dignitary
  • director
  • exec
  • executive
  • front office
  • functionary
  • governor
  • head person
  • higher-up
  • incumbent
  • leader
  • magistrate
  • manager
  • marshal
  • mayor
  • minister
  • officeholder
  • officer
  • panjandrum
  • premier
  • representative
  • secretary
  • top
  • top brass
  • top dog
  • top drawer
  • treasurer
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Word Origin & History

leader O.E. lædere "one who leads," from lædan (see lead (v.)). As a title for the head of an authoritarian state, from 1918 (translating führer, Duce, caudillo, etc.). Meaning "writing or statement meant to begin a discussion or debate" is late 13c.; in modern use often short for leading article (1807) "opinion piece in a British newspaper" (leader in this sense from 1837).

Example Sentences for leader

Mr. Gladstone was hailed everywhere as the leader of the Liberal party.

On the way the leader explained his system briefly and clearly.

Not until he had secured such information did the leader move.

The leader had gone with Joe Clune straight for the front car.

Such was the leader whom Mr. Gladstone had faithfully followed for many years.

This from the leader, who in time came to be known as "Nimble Dick."

The death of the Genoese leader did indeed bring the resistance to an end.

Your dwelling is in those parts, and so their thoughts turned to you as their leader.

In such directions, Aggie was the leader, an eager, joyous one always.

Garson, however, was unconvinced, notwithstanding his deference to the judgment of his leader.

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