Character and Lead

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Character noun - A written or printed mark that is meant to convey information to the reader.

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Lead and character are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lead" instead a noun "Character".

Lead noun - The person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show.

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Character and lead are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Character" instead a noun "Lead".

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

sympathetic	sympathetic character	sympathetic lead
human	human character	human lead
good	good character	good lead
female	female character	female lead
Other adjectives: particular, certain, single, powerful, actual, entire, real, male, black, main, important, new, heroic, secondary, viewpoint, significant, titular, comic, eponymous.

She's the one who's in charge of the band, You might as well have her the main character and lead singer of the band than Olivia.

Source: Supporting Leader
Note that each film has a different main character and lead actor, so dropping the numbering makes some sense.

Source: Stopped Numbering Sequels
Similarly, in the lead in to Spectre Eon have vehemently insisted that Christoph Waltz's character is named "Franz Oberhauser" and had no connection whatsoever to Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

Source: Lying Creator

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