Antagonist
Antagonist noun - One that is hostile toward another.
Lead and antagonist are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lead" instead a noun "Antagonist".
Lead
Lead noun - The person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show.
Antagonist and lead are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Antagonist" instead a noun "Lead".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| sympathetic | sympathetic antagonist | sympathetic lead |
| human | human antagonist | human lead |
| good | good antagonist | good lead |
| female | female antagonist | female lead |
| Other adjectives: clear, common, direct, current, original, initial, true, single, powerful, actual, real, male, big, main, supposed, important, former, secondary, primary, titular, eponymous. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Nina certainly sees Lily as an antagonist who's trying to usurp the lead role in the ballet, but the film refuses to commit one way or the other.
Source: No Antagonist - In Sky High (2005), Gwen Grayson is Will's romantic false lead, and not only that, but the main antagonist of the film.
Source: Romantic False Lead - At one point, the lead heroic vampire character finds himself having to escape from a base full of fellow shadow creatures that the Hero Antagonist Templars also captured to study.
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Antagonist & Lead. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/antagonist/lead>.
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