spearhead

spearhead

verb

Definition of SPEARHEAD

to serve as leader of <unofficially at least, Martin Luther King spearheaded the civil rights movement>

Synonyms boss, captain, command, head, spearhead

Related Words control, dominate; direct, govern, handle, manage, oversee, regulate, run, superintend, supervise

Near Antonyms bow (to), comply (with), defer (to), follow, obey, serve, submit (to), yield (to)