Lead and Performer

Lead

Lead noun - The person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show.

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Performer and lead are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Performer" instead a noun "Lead".

Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded

Performer noun - An entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience.

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Lead and performer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lead" instead a noun "Performer".

good	good lead	good performer
female	female lead	female performer
nice	nice lead	nice performer
solid	solid lead	solid performer
Other adjectives: current, original, single, strong, actual, great, black, main, young, decent, new, sole, former, previous.

Michael Sweet, the performer of this song, was the lead guitarist for Boston, and prior to that vocalist/lead guitarist for Christian hair metallers Stryper, so he's got legitimate skill.

Source: So Bad Its Good / Music
White Male Lead: The Mime; while it's never been unusual for a Cirque show to have a white male performer playing the viewpoint character, the trope sticks out more in a show paying tribute to a black performer.

Source: Theatre / Michael Jackson The IMMORTAL World Tour
Leave Behind a Pistol: On very rare occasions, the judges found an act to be so awful that they would go onstage, give the performer a mallet, and lead them back to the table to gong themselves out.

Source: Series / The Gong Show

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