Beat and Lead

Beat

Beat verb - To strike repeatedly.

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Lead and beat are semantically related in quality topic. In some cases you can use "Lead" instead the word "Beat" as a verb or an adjective, when it comes to topics like surpass.

Nearby Words: beaten, beating, beater, beatable

Lead

Lead verb - To point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front.

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Synonyms for Lead

Antonyms for Lead

Beat and lead are semantically related in quality topic. Sometimes you can use "Beat" instead the word "Lead" as a verb or an adjective, if it concerns topics such as outdo, surpass.

Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded

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How words are described

good	good beat	good lead
nice	nice beat	nice lead
normal	normal beat	normal lead
typical	typical beat	typical lead
Other adjectives: original, single, obvious, simple, strong, powerful, actual, huge, little, main, hot, dramatic, occasional.

Common collocations

people	beat people	lead people
men	beat men	lead men
children	beat children	lead children
someone	beat someone	lead someone
Other words: rest, army, way, mission, anyone, everyone, times, players, enemies.

Both words in one sentence

Grenades can help, too, if they get knocked over; you can pump them full of lead or beat the crap out of them while they're down and unable to respond.

Source: Video Game / Freedom Fighters
This lead to a later hair versus hair match which Tanahashi won but Toru Yano decided to have CHAOS stable mate Takashi Iizuka beat up Tanahashi so Yano could finish shaving Tanahashi instead.

Source: Wrestling / Hiroshi Tanahashi
The 4-second lead Frank had, and the 57-second lead Andy had, was not enough, as Evans beat Andy by 2.31 and Frank by 2.34, leaving the brothers from Luxembourg in second and third.

Source: Down to the Last Play

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