Antonyms for leadin
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : leed-in |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlidˌɪn |
Definition of leadin
- As in introduction : noun something new; something that begins
- As in curtain raiser : noun short preliminary event
- As in lead-in : noun introduction
- As in prolegomenon : noun introduction
- As in conduit : noun passage
- Secretary was a leadin' Conservative; treasurer a head Progressive.
- Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- You'll be thinking of me and the fine life I'm leadin' here, and the fine times that's before me.
- Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever
- But, you seen when I got it under me and was leadin' him off peaceable, didn't you?
- Extract from : « Joyce's Investments » by Fannie E. Newberry
- The bald-heid's leadin' them a', I tellt ye he'd—— Na, he's gien up!
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, October 19 1895 » by Various
- He's leadin' us to himself by hard and bitter ways; but he loves his own.
- Extract from : « Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870 » by Various
- He was leadin a spare hoss, an seemed at peace with all the world.
- Extract from : « Friar Tuck » by Robert Alexander Wason
- She'd been leadin' up to it so much I couldn't put off askin' any longer.
- Extract from : « To Him That Hath » by Leroy Scott
- Can't I see you makin' up to him an' eyein' him an' leadin' him on?
- Extract from : « Bruce of the Circle A » by Harold Titus
- I kept it for you, but I did wrong; an' worse, I was leadin' you wrong.
- Extract from : « The Hole in the Wall » by Arthur Morrison
- The baldheid's leadin' them a', I tellt ye he'd——Na, he's gien up!
- Extract from : « Mr. Punch in the Highlands » by Various
Synonyms for leadin
- addition
- admittance
- aqueduct
- awakening
- baptism
- basic principles
- basic text
- beginning
- cable
- canal
- channel
- commencement
- conductor
- countdown
- course
- culvert
- curtain lifter
- curtain warmer
- debut
- duct
- essentials
- establishment
- exordium
- first acquaintance
- first taste
- flow
- flume
- foreword
- gully
- gutter
- hornbook
- inaugural
- inauguration
- inception
- induction
- influx
- ingress
- initiation
- insertion
- installation
- institution
- interpolation
- intro
- kickoff
- launch
- lead
- lead-in
- lead-out
- main
- opener
- opening
- opening gun
- opening remarks
- opening shot
- overture
- pioneering
- pipe
- pipeline
- preamble
- preface
- preliminaries
- preliminary
- prelude
- presentation
- preview
- primer
- proem
- prolegomenon
- prologue
- race
- run-up
- sewer
- spout
- survey
- trough
- tube
- walk-up
- warm-up
- watercourse
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