leading question

noun

A question that suggests the answer or that contains the information for which the examiner is looking.

“Near-synonym: loaded question”

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Meanings

nounleading question (plural leading questions)

plural leading questions

  1. A question that suggests the answer or that contains the information for which the examiner is looking.

    Near-synonym: loaded question

    1 more example

    He alluded constantly to Europe, to the people I was supposed to know there - putting leading questions as to my acquaintances in the sepulchral city, and so on.

    1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 214

    Synonyms: loaded question

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA question that suggests the answer or that contains the information for which the examiner is looking.

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Translations

Bulgarian насочващ въпрос
  • насочващ въпрос (nasočvašt văpros)suggestive interrogation
Chinese Mandarin 誘導性問題 /诱导性问题, 誘導性詢問 /诱导性询问
  • 誘導性問題 /诱导性问题 (yòudǎoxìng wèntí)suggestive interrogation
  • 誘導性詢問 /诱导性询问 (yòudǎoxìng xúnwèn)suggestive interrogation
  • 引導性問題 /引导性问题 (yǐndǎoxìng wèntí)suggestive interrogation
Finnish johdatteleva kysymys
  • johdatteleva kysymyssuggestive interrogation
French question orientée, question tendancieuse
  • question orientéesuggestive interrogation
  • question tendancieusesuggestive interrogation
  • question suggestivesuggestive interrogation
German Suggestivfrage
  • Suggestivfragesuggestive interrogation
Japanese 誘導尋問
  • 誘導尋問 (yūdō jinmon)suggestive interrogation
Māori pawa, ui kukume
  • pawasuggestive interrogation
  • ui kukumesuggestive interrogation
Polish pytanie sugestywne
  • pytanie sugestywnesuggestive interrogation
Portuguese pergunta tendenciosa
  • pergunta tendenciosasuggestive interrogation
Russian наводя́щий вопро́с
  • наводя́щий вопро́с (navodjáščij voprós)suggestive interrogation
Swedish ledande fråga
  • ledande frågasuggestive interrogation
Cite this entry
APA

leading question. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leading%20question

MLA

“leading question.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leading%20question. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leading question,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leading%20question.

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