The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HEAD which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Leader crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HEAD | 30 % | 4 |
| HEADMAN | 9 % | 7 |
| FRONTRUNNER | 9 % | 11 |
| PACESETTER | 7 % | 10 |
| SNELL | 7 % | 5 |
| BOSS | 4 % | 4 |
| PILOT | 4 % | 5 |
| BELLWETHER | 4 % | 10 |
| CHIEF | 2 % | 5 |
| KINGPIN | 2 % | 7 |
| ACE | 2 % | 3 |
| OVERMAN | 2 % | 7 |
| FRONTMAN | 2 % | 8 |
| DUCE | 2 % | 4 |
| STATESMAN | 2 % | 9 |
| PACEMAKER | 2 % | 9 |
| TOPDOG | 2 % | 6 |
| PIONEER | 2 % | 7 |
| GUIDE | 2 % | 5 |
| STANDARDBEARER | 2 % | 14 |
Why may HEAD be the right solution?
The answer "HEAD" fits the clue "Leader" because the head is the foremost part of the body and can be seen as the leader of the rest of the body parts.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Leader
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- drawing card
- loss leader
- leading
- command
- executive
- facilitator
- commanding
- conductor
- authority
- ruling
- leadership
- master
Crossword Answer definitions
HEAD noun- The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs.
- The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
- (social, metonymy) A leader or expert.
- A significant or important part.
- Headway; progress.
- Topic; subject.
- Denouement; crisis.
- (fluid dynamics) Pressure and energy.
- Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
- The glans penis.
- A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
- Power; armed force.
- To be in command of. (See also head up.)
- To come at the beginning of; to commence.
- To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
- To move in a specified direction.
- To remove the head from a fish.
- To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
- To form a head.
- To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
- To cut off the top of; to lop off.
- To behead; to decapitate.
- To go in front of.
- To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
- (by extension) To check or restrain.
- To set on the head.
- Of, relating to, or intended for the head.
- Foremost in rank or importance.
- Placed at the top or the front.
- Coming from in front.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result HEAD
- Lead
- Cabbage unit
- Enterprise lavatory
- Facilities, aboard ship
- Highest in rank
- John, at sea?
- Peruke support
- Hollywood designer, Edith
- Kind of start
- With 2D, a Hollywood designer
More clues leading to the result HEADMAN
More clues leading to the result FRONTRUNNER
More clues leading to the result PACESETTER
- Early leader in a race
- One to follow
- One in front
- Leader
- Leader.
- Bellwether
- Leader of the pack
- Leader in a field
More clues leading to the result SNELL
- Track great Peter
- Fishing line attachment
- Tackle box item
- Fishhook line
- Fishing line
- Tackle box line
- Fishhook holder
- Fishook holder
- Hook-line connector
- Fishhook fastener
More clues leading to the result BOSS
- Head honcho
- Top dog at work
- "Meet the new ___ ..."
- Michael Scott or Mr. Slate
- Michael Scott, e.g.
- Big cheese
- Fire man?
- Springsteen sobriquet
- Superior at work
- First-rate
More clues leading to the result PILOT
- Automatic __ (navigation system)
- Cockpit guide
- Wiley Post, once
- Series sample
- 747 flier
- American worker?
- Spirit employee
- Virgin handler
- Airline employee
- TV trial balloon
More clues leading to the result BELLWETHER
More clues leading to the result CHIEF
- Head honcho
- Kansas City footballer
- Primary
- Main
- Leading
- Crazy Horse, e.g.
- Most important
- Crazy Horse, for one
- Maxwell Smart's boss
- Firehouse foreman
More clues leading to the result KINGPIN
- Top dog
- Leader
- Cartel chief
- Man at the top
- Chief
- Big cheese
- Capo di tutti capi
- Bigwig
- Chief person in a group: Colloq.
- Top man.
More clues leading to the result ACE
- Breeze through
- Bullpen standout
- Club member?
- Duffer's dream
- Expert
- First-class marksman
- Great service
- It can't be returned
- Lendl's lulu
- Super serve
More clues leading to the result OVERMAN
- Supply with too many crew
- Put too many people on
- Leader.
- Featherbed with crew members
- Pad the payroll
- Featherbed
- Provide with too much staffing
- Employ too much help
More clues leading to the result FRONTMAN
- Leader
- Lead singer, and a hint to the beginning of 17-, 25-, 39- and 51-Across
- Lead performer
- Lead singer
- Band's lead singer
- Mick Jagger, to the Rolling Stones
More clues leading to the result DUCE
- Chief, in Italian
- Italian leader
- Mussolini's title
- Mussolini epithet
- "Il __" (Mussolini)
- Title for 41 Down
- Il ___ (Mussolini epithet)
- Mussolini, a.k.a. "il ___"
- Il ___ (Mussolini's title)
- Bologna boss
More clues leading to the result STATESMAN
- Churchill or Roosevelt, e.g.
- Ben Franklin, e.g.
- Revered officeholder
- Revered public servant
- Revered politician
- Conferrer at Bermuda.
- Churchill, for instance.
- See 10 Down.
- Role for 38 Across
- Word for 34 Down
More clues leading to the result PACEMAKER
- Canadian invention
- One in the lead.
- Leader.
- Regulatory device of a sort
- What may be close to one's heart?
- 1986 body implant
More clues leading to the result TOPDOG
- Champion
- Leader
- One of the highest authority
- Boss
- Champ
- Head honcho
- Winner
- Alpha male
- Big wheel
- Pick of the litter?
More clues leading to the result PIONEER
- Breaker of molds
- NASA probe
- Innovator
- Leader
- __ 10 (first spacecraft to observe Jupiter)
- Unmanned planetary probe
- First mission to visit the outer planets
- Conestoga wagon passenger
- Trailblazer
- Conestoga wagon traveler
More clues leading to the result GUIDE
- Sherpa, for one
- Take
- Museum employee
- Tourist's handbook
- Sacagawea, e.g.
- Level walkthrough, e.g.
- Tour VIP
- Tour leader
- Pathfinder
- Mentor