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Leadership

The office of a leader.

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Ability 76% connected

The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in…

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Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Body 76% connected

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Power 76% connected

Same as Poor, the fish.

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Status 76% connected

State; condition; position of affairs.

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Narrower term 3

Generalship 76% connected

The office of a general; the exercise of the functions of a general; -- sometimes, with the possessive pronoun, the personality of a general.

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Helm 76% connected

See Haulm, straw.

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Lead 76% connected

One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Leader 74% connected

One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Leader 74% connected

One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Leading 92% connected

of Lead

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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Accountability 84% connected

The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness.

leadership vocabulary 55% interchangeable

Responsibility for decisions and results.

Delegation 84% connected

The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates.

leadership vocabulary 55% interchangeable

Assigning authority and work to others.

Direction 84% connected

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…

leadership vocabulary 55% interchangeable

Clear guidance about priorities and movement.

Vision 84% connected

The act of seeing external objects; actual sight.

leadership vocabulary 55% interchangeable

A clear description of a desired future.

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