| Main Entry: | proprietor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who owns something |
Synonyms: |
freeholder, front office, holder, land owner, meal ticket, owner, possessor, proprietary, titleholder |
Antonyms: |
customer |
| Main Entry: | chief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in charge |
Synonyms: |
big cheese, big gun, big wheel, bigwig, boss, captain, chieftain, commander, dictator, director, foreperson, general, governor, head, head honcho, head person, honcho, key player, leader, manager, monarch, overlord, overseer, president, principal, proprietor, ringleader, ruler, sovereign, superintendent, supervisor, suzerain, top brass, top cat |
Antonyms: |
apprentice, employee, servant, subordinate, underling, worker |
| Main Entry: | employer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person, business who hires |
Synonyms: |
CEO, CO, big shot, boss, businessperson, capitalist, chief, company, corporation, director, entrepreneur, establishment, executive, firm, front office, head, head honcho, juice*, kingpin, management, manager, manufacturer, meal ticket, organization, outfit, overseer, owner, patron, president, proprietor, slavedriver, superintendent, supervisor, workers big cheese |
| Main Entry: | host |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who entertains, performs |
Synonyms: |
anchor, anchor person, emcee, entertainer, innkeeper, keeper, manager, moderator, owner, person of the house, presenter, proprietor |
Antonyms: |
guest, visitor |
| Main Entry: | landlord |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | owner of property leased |
Synonyms: |
freeholder, hotelier, hotelkeeper, innkeeper, lessor, property owner, proprietor, saw, squire |
Antonyms: |
boarder, leaser, renter |
| Main Entry: | manager |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who runs organization |
Synonyms: |
administrator, boss, comptroller, conductor, controller, director, exec, executive, governor, handler, head, head person, officer, official, organizer, overseer, producer, proprietor, slavedriver, straw boss, superintendent, supervisor, zookeeper |
Antonyms: |
employee |
| Main Entry: | owner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has possession of |
Synonyms: |
governor, heir, heir-apparent, heiress, heritor, holder, keeper, landowner, legatee, partner, possessor, proprietor, purchaser, sharer, something buyer, squire, titleholder |
Antonyms: |
leaser, renter |
| Main Entry: | shopkeeper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | merchant |
Synonyms: |
businessperson, dealer, entrepreneur, proprietor, retailer, salesperson, seller, store owner, storekeeper, vendor, wholesaler |
| Main Entry: | storekeeper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shopkeeper |
Synonyms: |
businessperson, dealer, entrepreneur, grocer, merchant, proprietor, retailer, salesperson, seller, store owner, vendor, wholesaler |
| Main Entry: | umpire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who settles dispute |
Synonyms: |
adjudicator, arbiter, arbitrator, assessor, compromiser, inspector, judge, justice, mediator, moderator, negotiator, peacemaker, proprietor, ref, referee, settler, ump |
| Notes: | referee originally referred to a person appointed by the British Parliament to examine patent applications (1621) and was formed from English refer and -ee. The sense of 'an arbitrator or person to whom a dispute is referred' was first recorded in 1690; by 1840 the word acquired the further sense of 'the judge of play in games and sports.' Baseball, boxing, and cricket have umpires; basketball, hockey, rugby, and football have referees - and American football has both. |