Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leaderish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lead-er-ish
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like a leader; leaderlike.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Etymology

From leader + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: leader

Inflected Forms

more leaderish (comparative) most leaderish (superlative) leader-ish (alternative)

Questions

What does leaderish mean?: Like a leader; leaderlike.
Where does leaderish come from?: From leader + -ish.

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