Lead and Standard

Lead

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

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

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

Standard noun - Something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared.

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Lead and standard are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lead" instead a noun "Standard".

good	good lead	good standard
female	female lead	female standard
high	high lead	high standard
particular	particular lead	particular standard
Other adjectives: normal, common, certain, current, original, actual, male, great, huge, main, decent, comfortable, new, former, previous.

Hidiacs were the standard grunts, with Styxoids treated as being fairly elite, and on a couple occasions, one Styxoid would lead a bunch of Hidiacs, a la Blueheads leading standard Krybots.

Source: Degraded Boss
The choices you make over the course of a story could lead you to the standard Happy Ending, a Downer Ending, or several different types of Non-Standard Game Over.

Source: Literature / Choose Your Own Adventure
Panty Shot: The ridiculously short skirts of the standard female uniform lead to most of the female Starfleet officers doing this at some point.

Source: Series / Star Trek: The Original Series

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