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leaderish

leaderish adjective: like a leader; leaderlike.

Adjective

leaderish (comparative more leaderish, superlative most leaderish)

  1. Like a leader; leaderlike.
    • Beautiful Zel, of a rare rabbit-eared race like Fhi, magenta humanoid alien pony-tail flopping about with her leaderish gestures, her head shaking and bopping away like a whinnying horse, claimed she didn't have that ability, though she did.2013, Rheo Palaeo, UNRECOGNIZER 2
    • The likeness on the wall-hanging was good enough for me to quickly spot the Legion's leader as he stood on a second-tier catwalk looking very square-jawed and leaderish while holding a teacup and saucer.2015, Tales of New Babbage, Lulu Press, Inc

Forms of leaderish

comparativemore leaderish
superlativemost leaderish
alternative formleader-ish

Origin of leaderish

From leader + -ish.

Questions about leaderish

What does leaderish mean?
Leaderish means like a leader; leaderlike.
What part of speech is leaderish?
Leaderish is an adjective.

Words near leaderish in the dictionary

  1. leaderfags
  2. Leaderfoot
  3. leaderful
  4. leaderine
  5. leaderines
  6. leaderish
  7. leaderism
  8. leaderist
  9. leaderists
  10. leaderless
  11. leaderlessly

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