Captain and Lead

Similar meaning words

Captain verb - To exercise authority or power over.

Usage example: captained the project for a few days while the boss was out of town

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Lead is a synonym for captain in precede topic. In some cases you can use "Lead" instead the word "Captain" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: captained, captainship, captaincy, captaining

Lead verb - To serve as leader of.

Usage example: a senior programmer is leading the team that is developing the new accounting software

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Captain is a synonym for lead in precede topic. You can use "Captain" instead the word "Lead" as a verb or a noun.

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

human	human captain	human lead
good	good captain	good lead
female	female captain	female lead
normal	normal captain	normal lead
Other adjectives: certain, current, original, handsome, single, obvious, powerful, actual, real, large, young, new, former, comic, previous, eponymous, younger.

The player can get some lap action in Steambot Chronicles while dating either the female lead, her best friend, or the ship captain.

Source: Lap Pillow
Captain Retsu Unohana is only the Squad Four's lead medic who acts as military support instead of fighting, right?

Source: Hidden Depths / Anime and Manga
He gets a wooden one and learns how to walk on it in Flying Colours, and while he's slated to be a desk captain, Hornblower makes him the captain of his squadron's lead ship in The Commodore.

Source: An Arm and a Leg

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