Synonyms of spearheaded

spearheaded

verb

past tense of spearhead

as in led

to serve as leader of

unofficially at least, Martin Luther King spearheaded the civil rights movement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• led
• commanded
• captained
• headed
• oversaw
• directed
• dominated
• controlled
• managed
• bossed
• supervised
• handled
• governed
• regulated
• ran
• superintended

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• followed
• served
• submitted (to)
• yielded (to)
• complied (with)
• deferred (to)
• obeyed
• bowed (to)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spearheaded

Four minutes later, Evanilson spearheaded a rapid counter-attack before undercooking the final pass, drawing a few groans from the crowd. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Gregg Eichwedel said down the road from them lived the late Bill Montgomery, co-founder of Turning Point USA, a conservative student organization spearheaded by Kirk. — Elena Tittel, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

That event, spearheaded by the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, showcased a massive, 21-foot, nearly 17,000-pound steel beam recovered from the South Tower of the World Trade Center in New York. — ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026

The result has been a surge of activity in recent years, much of it spearheaded by the tribes. — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Guymon Casady is producing and spearheaded the project with the estate of original series creator Leonard Freeman. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

The team’s community support didn’t stop there, with the efforts spearheaded by longtime Mets media relations director Jay Horwitz. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 10 Sep. 2026

Tulloch had worked in Meta’s TBD lab, the center of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s ambitious AI strategy and spearheaded by Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026

In the 1990s, SoftKey Software Products—later named The Learning Company—spearheaded the development of Apple’s educational software. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026