Lead and Minus

Opposite meaning words

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

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Minus is an antonym for lead.

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

Minus noun - A feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success.

Usage example: a plan with lots of pluses and only a few minuses

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Lead is an antonym for minus.

Myles Kennedy, Alter Bridge's frontman, is now additionally lead vocalist for Slash's solo band, producing an interesting cross-pollination of minus-the-face groups.

Source: The Band Minus the Face
Especially after the original lineup, minus late bassist and lead singer Ben Orr, reunited, toured and recorded the reunion album Move Like This.

Source: Discontinuity / Music
The band broke up and re-established minus both Rushlow and Seals, and briefly had Steven Troy on lead vocals before lead guitarist Porter Howell got promoted to lead singer.

Source: Vocal Tag Team

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