All leader synonyms

noun leader

• head — Edith, 1897–1981, U.S. costume designer.
• ruler — a person who rules or governs; sovereign.
• chief — The chief of an organization is the person who is in charge of it.
• commander — A commander is an officer in charge of a military operation or organization.
• director — a person or thing that directs.
• manager — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
• officer — a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
• superintendent — a person who oversees or directs some work, enterprise, establishment, organization, district, etc.; supervisor.
• general — of or relating to all persons or things belonging to a group or category: a general meeting of the employees.
• lion — a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
• rector — a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
• dean — A dean is an important official at a university or college.
• captain — In the army, navy, and some other armed forces, a captain is an officer of middle rank.
• pacesetter — a person, group, or organization that is the most progressive or successful and serves as a model to be imitated.
• principal — first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; chief; foremost.
• superior — higher in station, rank, degree, importance, etc.: a superior officer.
• lead — to cover, line, weight, treat, or impregnate with lead or one of its compounds.
• luminary — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
• pioneer — a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
• ringleader — a person who leads others, especially in opposition to authority, law, etc.: a ringleader of revolutionary activities.
• shepherd — a male given name.
• conductor — A conductor is a person who stands in front of an orchestra or choir and directs its performance.
• notable — worthy of note or notice; noteworthy: a notable success; a notable theory.
• boss — Your boss is the person in charge of the organization or department where you work.
• skipper — a person or thing that skips.
• president — (often initial capital letter) the highest executive officer of a modern republic, as the Chief Executive of the United States.
• mistress — a woman who has authority, control, or power, especially the female head of a household, institution, or other establishment.
• notability — the state or quality of being notable; distinction; prominence.
• pilot — a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
• harbinger — a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald.
• governor — the executive head of a state in the U.S.
• herald — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
• dignitary — a person who holds a high rank or office, as in the government or church.
• forerunner — predecessor; ancestor; forebear; precursor.
• chieftain — A chieftain is the leader of a tribe.
• guide — to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person: He guided us through the forest.
• counsellor — A counsellor is a person whose job is to give advice to people who need it, especially advice on their personal problems.
• doyen — the senior member, as in age, rank, or experience, of a group, class, profession, etc.
• controller — A controller is a person who has responsibility for a particular organization or for a particular part of an organization.
• precursor — a person or thing that precedes, as in a job, a method, etc.; predecessor.
• organiser — Standard spelling of organizer.
• organizer — a person who organizes, especially one who forms and organizes a group.
• mentor — (in the Odyssey) a loyal adviser of Odysseus entrusted with the care and education of Telemachus.
• guru — ("Guru") 1469–1539, Indian religious leader: founder of Sikhism.
• adviser — An adviser is an expert whose job is to give advice to another person or to a group of people.
• eminence — Fame or recognized superiority, esp. within a particular sphere or profession.
• exec — An executive.
• frontrunner — a person who leads in any competition.
• spearhead — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
• leading light — an important or influential person: a leading light of the community.