as in leading lady
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Recent Examples of leading man
Despite his leading man good looks and general typecasting in brooding, self-serious, macho roles, Alexander Skarsgård is a big-time goofy weirdo.
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Charu Sinha, Vulture, 1 Feb. 2026
Sigourney Weaver and Mads Mikkelsen, her leading man in horror movie Dust Bunny, were mutual fans of each another.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
Some have seen Baldoni as a victim of cancel culture and as an underdog pitted against Lively, a more famous actor with strong ties to Hollywood through her work and her husband, a blockbuster leading man.
—Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026
For weeks in this space, the thought — through no fault of their own — was to swap out Powell and Andrew Wiggins for draft capital, to either further fuel the youth pipeline or to amass and then package picks in a trade for a potential leading man (preferably a Greek leading man).
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
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Charu Sinha, Vulture, 1 Feb. 2026
Sigourney Weaver and Mads Mikkelsen, her leading man in horror movie Dust Bunny, were mutual fans of each another.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
Some have seen Baldoni as a victim of cancel culture and as an underdog pitted against Lively, a more famous actor with strong ties to Hollywood through her work and her husband, a blockbuster leading man.
—Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026
For weeks in this space, the thought — through no fault of their own — was to swap out Powell and Andrew Wiggins for draft capital, to either further fuel the youth pipeline or to amass and then package picks in a trade for a potential leading man (preferably a Greek leading man).
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leading man
leading lady
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The leading lady is murdered, and Detective Frank Cioffi has to solve the mystery while her show tries to continue.—
Alyson Rodriguez,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Feb. 2026
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The plot gets pleasingly messy despite starring a leading lady who was quite literally constructed to tidy up.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Leading man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leading%20man. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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