Idol and Lead

Idol

Idol noun - Someone who is adored blindly and excessively.

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

Nearby Words: idolize, idolised

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

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

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

human	human idol	human lead
female	female idol	female lead
certain	certain idol	certain lead
current	current idol	current lead
Other adjectives: original, actual, real, male, large, false, black, main, young, cute, new, former, solo.

Lead character Lemon Sakaguchi wants to become an idol like his Disappeared Dad Momojirou, an enka singer who pretty much died on-stage.

Source: Idol Singer
The actual lead is Patrick Fugit (with Philip Seymour Hoffman's character having a lot of presence as Fugit's character's idol) and Billy Crudup with Hudson being a glorified supporting character.

Source: Covers Always Lie / Live-Action Film
To deepen this, The Easter Bunny is a false idol who exists to lead people away from the true person Easter is about, Jesus.

Source: Just For Fun / Clues To The Conspiracy

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