lead

[1]	conduct , escort , usher , guide , show the way , pilot , steer
[2]	cause , influence , prompt , bring , incline , induce , persuade , move , dispose , convince
[3]	head (up) , direct , govern , command , supervise , superintend , preside (over) , take the lead , take/assume command (of) , manage , captain , (Colloq) skipper
[4]	come/be/go first , excel , surpass , exceed , precede , be ahead (of) , outstrip , distance , outrun , outdo
[5]	live , experience , spend , pass , while away
[6]	be conducive to , create , engender , cause , contribute to , result in , bring on/about , produce
[7]	lead astray , lead on , mislead , misguide , misdirect , deceive , fool , decoy , hoodwink , (Colloq) bamboozle
[8]	lead off , start (off/in/out/up) , begin , commence , get going/moving , get under way , initiate , inaugurate , (Colloq) kick off
[9]	lead on , lure , entice , seduce , beguile , inveigle , tempt
[10]	lead up to , prepare/pave/clear (the way) , do the groundwork/spadework , precede approach , broach , bring up , present , introduce , work up/round/around to , get (up) to
[11]	take , direct , conduct , guide
[12]	leave , result
[13]	head
[14]	run , go , pass , extend
[15]	head
[16]	top
[17]	contribute , conduce
[18]	conduct , direct
[19]	go
[20]	precede
[21]	run
[22]	moderate , chair

[1]	Pb , atomic number 82
[2]	track , trail
[3]	lead-in , lede
[4]	star , principal
[5]	tip , steer , confidential information , wind , hint
[6]	lead story , front , vanguard , van , lead/leading position/place , advance/advanced position/place
[7]	advantage , spark advance , edge , advance , supremacy , margin , priority , primacy , pre-eminence
[8]	direction , leash , tether , guidance , leadership , precedent , example , model , exemplar , pattern , standard
[9]	tip , leading , clue , hint , suggestion , cue , intimation , prospect , possibility , potential , (Colloq) tip-off
[10]	leash , pencil lead , tether , restraint , cord , chain
[11]	protagonist , jumper cable , jumper lead , hero/heroine , leading/starring role/part , booster cable , leading/lead actor/actress , leading lady/man , male/female lead , principal , prima donna , diva , prima ballerina , premiere danseuse , premier danseur
[12]	wire , cable , (Brit) flex

adj.

[1]	leading , foremost , first , main , chief , principal , premier , paramount