Boss
Lead
Lead verb - To serve as leader of.
Usage example: a senior programmer is leading the team that is developing the new accounting software
Boss and lead are semantically related in person topic. Sometimes you can use "Boss" instead the word "Lead" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as head.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| human | human boss | human lead |
| good | good boss | good lead |
| female | female boss | female lead |
| particular | particular boss | particular lead |
| Other adjectives: normal, certain, current, original, single, powerful, actual, real, male, big, huge, black, main, new, early, former, titular, previous. | ||
Common collocations
| someone | boss someone | lead someone |
| investigation | boss investigation | lead investigation |
| anyone | boss anyone | lead anyone |
| everyone | boss everyone | lead everyone |
| Other words: players. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Instant Death Bullet: Satanael kills the Big Bad with a single gunshot to the head, despite you littering the boss with lead and other attacks during the actual Boss Fight.
Source: Video Game / Persona 5 -
Yokoi's obsession with the missing Yakuza boss' organs lead to his demotion and his wife leaving him; then again he might not have been a very pleasant person to begin with.
Source: Manga / Soil -
Baron Brrr has no lead in from the level to the boss other than being there, and unlike nearly every other boss, never appears again.
Source: Giant Space Flea from Nowhere
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