Call
Call verb - To speak so as to be heard at a distance.
Lead
Lead verb - To point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front.
How words are described
| good | good call | good lead |
| high | high call | high lead |
| nice | nice call | nice lead |
| normal | normal call | normal lead |
| Other adjectives: direct, original, initial, single, simple, actual, real, big, huge, little, important, new, early, possible, occasional, previous. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Holler Button: Used to call and lead survivors.
Source: Video Game / Dead Rising - Super Bowl: the Seahawks lead for most the game, and then the Patriots get the lead with 2:02 remaining (and Seattle's pain was worse due to a blown game call in the last play).
Source: Disaster Dominoes - This would initially lead to Sonic and Tails being unable to call their parents by those familiar titles and Eggman's connection to Snively downplayed.
Source: Executive Meddling / Comic Books
Cite this Source
Lead and Call. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/call/lead
Call & Lead. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/call/lead>.
Lead or Call. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/call/lead.
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