Copy
Copy noun - Something that is made to look exactly like something else.
Lead
Lead noun - The person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show.
How words are described
| human | human copy | human lead |
| good | good copy | good lead |
| female | female copy | female lead |
| particular | particular copy | particular lead |
| Other adjectives: direct, original, single, obvious, simple, actual, entire, real, main, new, early, sole, younger. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Pirated copies of Spyro: Year of the Dragon will have Zoe the Fairy appear at the latter part of Sunrise Spring telling players that the copy is hacked and as such will lead to "serious issues" you would not experience on a legal copy.
Source: Copy Protection - The obscure, short-lived CBS show Baby Bob has a rare alternate version of its pilot in circulation via a screener copy - the pilot had to be massively reshot when its male lead was recast.
Source: The Other Marty / Live-Action TV -
While they are not the lead characters in Battlestar Galactica, the relationship of Captain Karl "Helo" Agathon and a Cylon copy of Lt.
Source: Dating Catwoman
Cite this Source
Lead and Copy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/copy/lead
Copy & Lead. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/copy/lead>.
Lead or Copy. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/copy/lead.
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