leading
I
(guiding) adjective
controlling, directing, implicational, implicative, implicatory, inferential, insinuating, insinuative, instructional, instructive, referential, regulating, steering, suggestive, supervising, supervisory
associated concepts: leading a witness, leading question
II
(ranking first) adjective
beyond compare, capital, cardinal, central, chief, dominant, dominating, finest, first, foremost, greatest, main, most influential, outstanding, paramount, predominant, preeminent, prevailing, primarius, primary, prime, princeps, principal, prominent, stellar, supreme, top, topmost, unequaled, unexcelled, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivalled, unsurpassed
III
index
cardinal (outstanding), dominant, famous, important (significant), influential, initial, major, master, material (important), notable, noteworthy, paramount, precursory, prevailing (having superior force), primary, prime (most valuable), principal, prior, prominent, renowned, salient, sovereign (absolute), stellar
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006