Leader

Noun

 * 1) Any person or thing that leads or conducts.
 * 2) One who goes first.
 * 3) One having authority to direct.
 * 4) One who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles.
 * 5) A person or thing that leads in a certain field in terms of excellence, success, etc.
 * 6)  A performer who leads a band, choir, or a section of an orchestra.
 * 7) The dominant animal in a pack of animals, such as wolves or lions.
 * 8) An animal placed in advance of others, especially on a team of horse, oxen, or dogs.
 * 9)  A fast-growing terminal shoot of a woody plant.
 * 10) A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground.
 * 11)  The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story.
 * 12)  A section of line between the main fishing line and the snell of a hook, intended to be more resistant to bites and harder for a fish to detect than the main fishing line.
 * 13) A piece of material at the beginning or end of a reel or roll to allow the material to the threaded or fed onto something, as a reel of film onto a projector or a roll of paper onto a rotary printing press.
 * 14)  A loss leader or a popular product sold at a normal price.
 * 15)  A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.
 * 16)  A row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.
 * 17)  A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc.
 * 18)  A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.
 * 19)  A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.
 * 20)  The drive wheel in any kind of machinery.
 * 21) (Roofing) A vertical sheet metal pipe conducting rain from the roof gutter

Adjectives for Leader
Compassionate; compensating; Complex; Conceited; Confident; Considerate; conspicuous; consummate; Cooperative; Courageous; Creative; crestfallen; Curious; Dainty; daring; Dark; Defiant; Demanding; despotic; Determined; Devout; Disagreeable; Disgruntled; distinguished; doubtful; Dreamer; Eager; ecclesiastical; Efficient; Embarrassed; eminent; enabling; Energetic; enterprising; Excited; Expert; fair-minded; Fair; Faithful; fanatical; Fancy; fashion; Fighter; foremost; Forgiving; Free; Friendly; Frustrated; Fun-loving; Funny; Generous; Gentle; Giving; good; Gorgeous; Gracious; Grouchy; halting; Handsome; Happy; Hard-working; Helpful; heroic; Honest; Hopeful; Humble; Humorous; illustrious; imaginative; Impulsive; incomparable; Independent; inspired; inspiring; insurgent; intelligent; Inventive; Jealous; Joyful; Judgmental; judicious; Keen; Kind; knightly; Knowledgeable; lamentable; Lazy; Leader; liberal; Light-hearted; Light; Likeable; Lively; Lovable; Loving; Loyal; Manipulative; Materialistic; Mature; Melancholy; Merry; Messy; Mischievous; moderate; Naïve; naive; natural; Neat; Nervous; Noisy; nominal; Obnoxious; Opinionated; Organized; Outgoing; palsied; party; Passive; Patient; patriot; Patriotic; Perfectionist; Personable; Pitiful; Plain; Pleasant; Pleasing; political-minded; Poor; popular; positive; Pretty; Prim; prominent; Proper; Proud; prudent; quality; Questioning; Quiet; Radical; Realistic; Rebellious; recognized; Reflective; Relaxed; Reliable; Religious; reluctant; Reserved; Respectful; Responsible; Reverent; revolutionary; Rich; Rigid; Rude; Sad; Sarcastic; Self-confident; Self-conscious; self-consti¬tuted; Selfish; Sensible; Sensitive; Serious; Short; Shy; Silly; Simple-minded; Simple; skillful; Smart; spirited; spiritual; Stable; Strong; Stubborn; Studious; subjugated; submissive; Successful; supportive; supreme; Tall; Tantalizing; Tender; Tense; Thoughtful; Thrilling; Timid; Tireless; Tolerant; Tough; Tricky; Trusting; typical; Ugly; unchallenged; Understanding; undisputed; Unhappy; Unique; Unlucky; unquestioned; unscrupulous; Unselfish; Vain; vigorous; vital; Warm; weak; Wild; Willing; Wise; Witty; Able; accepted; Accepting; acknowledged; adored; Adventurous; Aggressive; Ambitious; Annoying; Arrogant; Articulate; ascetic; Athletic; Awkward; bad; befeathered; Boastful; Bold; Bossy; Brave; Bright; brilliant; Busy; Calm; Careful; Careless; Caring; Cautious; cavalry; Cheerful; Clever; Clumsy; come-by-chance;

Thesaurus
head, headman, herald, hierarch, high priest, higher-up, honcho, hunter, important person, innovator, inquiry, inspired leader, interrogation, interrogative, interrogatory, issue, item, jument, junior counsel, kingfish, kingpin, laureate, law agent, lead, lead item, lead runner, leader of men, leading article, leading card, leading question, lion, loss leader, luminary, main feature, manager, master, messenger, messiah, moot point, mount, mouthpiece, nonpareil, notability, notice, number one, orchestra leader, pacemaker, pacesetter, pack horse, palfrey, paragon, pathfinder, personage, pilot, pioneer, plow horse, point, point at issue, point in question, pole horse, polo pony, post-horse, precedent, precentor, precursor, predecessor, principal, private attorney, problem, prodigy, product, prosecuting attorney, prosecutor, public prosecutor, publicist, query, question, question at issue, question mark, quodlibet, rector, remark, remount, report, review, rider, riding horse, ringleader, road horse, roadster, rouncy, ruler, running commentary, saddle horse, saddler, scout, seconds, senior, shaft horse, silk, silk gown, solicitor general, special, special pleader, stalking-horse, standard article, standard-bearer, staple, staple item, star, stormy petrel, straw boss, stuff gown, stuff-gownsman, sumpter, sumpter horse, superintendent, superior, superman, superstar, symphonic conductor, the greatest, the most, thill horse, thiller, top dog, topic, torchbearer, trailblazer, trailbreaker, trial balloon, vanguard, vaunt-courier, vendible, vexed question, virtuoso, voortrekker, ware, wheeler, wheelhorse, workhorse, write-up, A per se, AG, DA, KC, Kapellmeister, Mahdi, QC, SSC, US attorney, ace, analysis, ancestor, announcer, antecedent, article, article of commerce, article of merchandise, attorney general, avant-garde, band leader, band major, bandmaster, bell cow, bell mare, bellwether, bidet, big cheese, big wheel, big-timer, bigwig, bone of contention, born leader, boss, buccinator, bushwhacker, captain, carriage horse, cart horse, catechism, cavalry horse, chairman, champion, charismatic leader, chief, chieftain, choirmaster, choragus, civilian, cock, commandant, commander, comment, commentary, commentation, commodity, conductor, corporation lawyer, coryphaeus, court-appointed lawyer, criminal lawyer, critical review, criticism, critique, cross-interrogatory, cross-question, dean, debating point, defense counsel, demand, dignitary, director, district attorney, doyen, doyenne, draft horse, dray horse, driving horse, drug, drum major, duce, editorial, eminence, explorer, feature, feeler, file leader, fill horse, filler, forebear, foregoer, foreman, forerunner, front runner, frontiersman, fugleman, gaffer, general, genius, gigster, gloss, groundbreaker, guide, hack, hackney, harbinger,

Synonyms

 * guide, conductor
 * chief, chieftain, commander
 * conductor
 * alpha, pack leader
 * driver, drive wheel