Lead and Stint

Lead

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

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

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

Stint noun - A fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position.

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Lead and stint are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lead" instead a noun "Stint".

Nearby Words: stingy, stinted, stinting

current	current lead	current stint
original	original lead	original stint
initial	initial lead	initial stint
entire	entire lead	entire stint
Other adjectives: little, early, possible, former, solo, previous.

Ironically, he came closest to living out this trope back during his stint as lead singer for Snakes 'N Barrels.

Source: All Drummers Are Animals
Peter Herman had a stint as a defense attorney on Law And Order: SVU, which is how he met the show's lead actress Mariska Hargitay.

Source: Romance on the Set
Pretty Little Liars doesn't stint of the Fanservice from its lead charactersnote alright, not much Aria, not least from Hanna.

Source: Fan Disservice / Live-Action TV

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

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