Lead and Opening

Lead

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

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

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

Opening noun - A favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place.

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Lead and opening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lead" instead a noun "Opening".

Nearby Words: open, openness, opened, opener

good	good lead	good opening
normal	normal lead	normal opening
typical	typical lead	typical opening
current	current lead	current opening
Other adjectives: original, initial, true, single, obvious, simple, actual, entire, real, massive, large, big, huge, little, black, main, new, dramatic, possible.

Toward the Terra's opening few episodes would not lead one to expect an epic Space Opera, even with the opening.

Source: Non-Indicative First Episode
The opening of Django Unchained may lead many people into thinking it was written for this movie, while in reality it is the opening theme of Sergio Corbucci's spaghetti western classic Django.

Source: Pop-Cultural Osmosis
The opening scene contains two white guys rather than the actual lead characters and sets up their storyline, which happens almost entirely offscreen.

Source: White Male Lead

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Opening and Lead. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/lead/opening

Lead & Opening. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/lead/opening>.

Opening or Lead. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/lead/opening.

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