Helm and Lead

Helm

Helm noun - The place of leadership or command.

Usage example: with a blind person at the helm, the city has made a lot of improvements for the physically challenged

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Lead and helm are semantically related In some cases you can use "Lead" instead the word "Helm" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: helmsman, helmed, helmet, helming

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

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Helm and lead are semantically related in influence topic. You can use "Helm" instead the word "Lead" as a verb or a noun.

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

typical	typical helm	typical lead
original	original helm	original lead
plain	plain helm	plain lead
black	black helm	black lead
Other adjectives: main, past, titular, occasional.

Their sophomore album, Edge of the Earth featured Josh Middleton taking the helm as the band's lead vocalist along with guitar.

Source: Music / Sylosis
With Pineda at the helm, Journey had one of the most successful tours of 2008, and the first album with him as lead vocalist, Revelation, was certified platinum.

Source: The Band Minus the Face
With Guy and 3G apparently dead, Mamoru and Kaidou would've taken up the roles as lead heroes and Super Robot pilots at the helm of a new Earth-made robot called GaoGaiGo.

Source: Passing the Torch

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