Lead
Lead noun - A piece of advice or useful information especially from an expert.
Usage example: my sister got a lead on the job opening from her neighbor, who is the human resources director for the company
Sign and lead are semantically related. in clue topic. In some cases you can use "Sign" instead a noun "Lead".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| human | human lead | human sign |
| good | good lead | good sign |
| soft | soft lead | soft sign |
| clear | clear lead | clear sign |
| Other adjectives: particular, common, certain, original, true, single, obvious, strong, actual, real, massive, large, big, great, huge, little, main, new, early, possible. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In Norune Village, completing Gaffer's Buggy before having Pike in the village will lead to Gaffer injuring himself setting up his sign.
Source: Video Game / Dark Cloud -
Drebin follows a lead to the Club Flamingo, which has a mechanical sign of a man hitting a large pink bird with a cosh.
Source: Visual Pun -
She even gives it to Ugga as a sign of her acknowledging Ugga as the new lead hunter, revealing that her eye underneath is actually fine.
Cite this Source
Sign and Lead. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/lead/sign
Lead & Sign. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/lead/sign>.
Sign or Lead. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/lead/sign.
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