Leaders — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the body of people who lead a group

a person who rules or guides or inspires others

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/lˈiːdɚz/

🇬🇧British English

/lˈiːdəz/

🇮🇳Indian English

/lˈiːdəz/

2 syllables Say it as /lˈiːdɚz/.

Examples

the national leadership adopted his plan

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

leadership leader drawing card loss leader

Antonyms

follower

Parts of Speech

noun	the body of people who lead a group “the national leadership adopted his plan”
noun	a person who rules or guides or inspires others
noun	a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers

Word Forms

leader	noun	a person who rules or guides or inspires others
leadership	noun	the status of a leader
lead	verb	be in charge of

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Führer

der Körper der Menschen, die eine Gruppe leiten

🇫🇷French

dirigeants

le corps des personnes qui dirigent un groupe

🇪🇸Spanish

líderes

el cuerpo de personas que lideran un grupo

🇮🇹Italian

leader

l’insieme delle persone che guidano un gruppo

🇳🇱Dutch

leiders

het geheel van mensen die een groep leiden

🇵🇹Portuguese

líderes

o corpo de pessoas que lideram um grupo

🇷🇺Russian

лидеры

тело людей, которые возглавляют группу

India

🇮🇳Hindi

नेताओं

किसी समूह का नेतृत्व करने वाले लोगों का शरीर

🇧🇩Bengali

নেতাদের

একটি গোষ্ঠীর নেতৃত্বদানকারী ব্যক্তিদের দেহ

🇮🇳Tamil

தலைவர்கள்

ஒரு குழுவை வழிநடத்தும் நபர்களின் உடல்

🇮🇳Telugu

నాయకులు

సమూహానికి నాయకత్వం వహించే వ్యక్తుల శరీరం

🇮🇳Marathi

नेते

गटाचे नेतृत्व करणाऱ्या लोकांचे शरीर

🇮🇳Gujarati

નેતાઓ

જૂથનું નેતૃત્વ કરતા લોકોનું શરીર

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಾಯಕರು

ಗುಂಪನ್ನು ಮುನ್ನಡೆಸುವ ಜನರ ದೇಹ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നേതാക്കൾ

ഒരു ഗ്രൂപ്പിനെ നയിക്കുന്ന ആളുകളുടെ ശരീരം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਨੇਤਾਵਾਂ

ਉਹਨਾਂ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦਾ ਸਰੀਰ ਜੋ ਇੱਕ ਸਮੂਹ ਦੀ ਅਗਵਾਈ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

رہنما

لوگوں کا جسم جو ایک گروپ کی قیادت کرتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

领导者

领导团体的人的身体

🇯🇵Japanese

リーダー

集団を率いる人々の体

🇰🇷Korean

지도자

그룹을 이끄는 사람들의 몸

🇻🇳Vietnamese

lãnh đạo

cơ thể của những người lãnh đạo một nhóm

🇹🇭Thai

ผู้นำ

ร่างกายของคนที่เป็นผู้นำกลุ่ม

🇮🇩Indonesian

pemimpin

tubuh orang-orang yang memimpin suatu kelompok

🇵🇭Filipino

mga pinuno

ang katawan ng mga taong namumuno sa isang grupo

🇲🇾Malay

pemimpin

badan orang yang memimpin kumpulan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

القادة

جسد الأشخاص الذين يقودون المجموعة

🇮🇷Persian

رهبران

بدن افرادی که یک گروه را رهبری می کنند

🇹🇷Turkish

liderler

bir gruba liderlik eden insanların oluşturduğu topluluk

🇮🇱Hebrew

מנהיגים

גוף האנשים שמובילים קבוצה

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