leaderboard

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈliːdɜrˌbɔrd/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A display or listing that ranks participants, players, or competitors according to their scores, performance, or achievements, typically shown in descending order.; In advertising, a standard banner ad format typically measuring 728x90 pixels, placed at the top of a webpage.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: leaderboards

Collocations

top the leaderboardclimb the leaderboardleaderboard rankingglobal leaderboardleaderboard position

Synonyms

rankingstandingsscoreboardtablerankings

Commonly confused

scoreboard
EN: 'Scoreboard' displays current scores during a game or event; 'leaderboard' shows cumulative rankings over a period or competition.

Spelling tips

EN: Write as one word ('leaderboard'), not two ('leader board'), though the two-word form is occasionally seen informally.

💬 Examples

  1. She climbed to the top of the leaderboard after scoring the highest points in the tournament.

  2. The marketing team designed a leaderboard ad to promote the new product launch.