All lead antonyms
lead
L l verb lead
- trail β to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.
- surrender β to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
- ignore β to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- dissuade β to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- hinder β to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- prevent β to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- repress β to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
- suppress β to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- delay β If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
- desert β A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
- harm β a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
- injure β to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
- comply β If someone or something complies with an order or set of rules, they are in accordance with what is required or expected.
- consent β If you give your consent to something, you give someone permission to do it.
- obey β to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of: to obey one's parents.
- yield β to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
- neglect β to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- mismanage β Manage (something) badly or wrongly.
- discourage β to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- hold β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- keep β to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- lose β to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- abandon β If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
- leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- hurt β to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- follow β to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
- fall behind β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- refuse β to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- shun β to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
- subtract β to withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole.
- take β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- take away β something taken back or away, especially an employee benefit that is eliminated or substantially reduced by the terms of a union contract.
noun lead
- centre β A centre is a building where people have meetings, take part in a particular activity, or get help of some kind.
- center β a point equally distant from all points on the circumference of a circle or surface of a sphere
- disadvantage β absence or deprivation of advantage or equality.
- interior β being within; inside of anything; internal; inner; further toward a center: the interior rooms of a house.
- rear β the back of something, as distinguished from the front: The porch is at the rear of the house.
- last β occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- mislead β to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.