| Main Entry: | boss |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manager over other employees |
Synonyms: |
administrator, big cheese, big gun, big person, chief, chieftain, controller, director, dominator, employer, exec, executive, foreperson, head, head honcho, helmer, honcho, leader, overseer, owner, person in charge, superintendent, supervisor, taskperson, top dog, wheel |
Antonyms: |
employee, worker |
| Main Entry: | director |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manager |
Synonyms: |
administrator, big person, boss, chair, chief, controller, exec, executive, executive officer, governor, head, head honcho, helmer, key player, kingpin, leader, organizer, overseer, person upstairs, player, principal, producer, skipper, supervisor, top dog, top person |
| Main Entry: | straw boss |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boss |
Synonyms: |
administrator, big cheese, big gun, big person, chief, chieftain, controller, director, dominator, employer, exec, executive, foreman, foreperson, forewoman, head, head honcho, helmer, honcho, leader, manager, overseer, owner, person in charge, superintendent, supervisor, taskmaster, taskmistress, taskperson, top dog, wheel |
| Main Entry: | taskmistress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boss |
Synonyms: |
administrator, big cheese, big gun, big person, chief, chieftain, controller, director, dominator, employer, exec, executive, foreman, foreperson, forewoman, head, head honcho, helmer, honcho, leader, manager, overseer, owner, person in charge, superintendent, supervisor, taskmaster, taskperson, top dog, wheel |
| Concept: | Director. |
| Category: | 2. Complex voluntary action |
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-nouns
director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller., superintendent, supervisor., intendant; overseer, overlooker; supercargo, husband, inspector, visitor, ranger, surveyor, aedile; moderator, monitor, taskmaster; master; leader, ringleader, demagogue, corypheus, conductor, fugleman, precentor, bellwether, agitator; caporal, choregus, collector, file leader, flugelman, linkboy., guiding star (guidance); adviser; guide (information); pilot; helmsman; steersman, steermate; wire-puller., driver, whip, Jehu, charioteer; coachman, carman, cabman; postilion, vetturino, muleteer, arriero, teamster; whipper in., head, head man, head center; principal, president, speaker; chair, chairman; captain (master); superior; mayor (civil authority); vice president, prime minister, premier, vizier, grand vizier, eparch., officer, functionary, minister, official, red-tapist, bureaucrat; man in office, Jack in office; office bearer; person in authority., statesman, strategist, legislator, lawgiver, politician, statist, statemonger; Minos, Draco; arbiter (judge); boss [U.S.], political dictator., board (council)., secretary, secretary of state; Reis Effendi; vicar (deputy); steward, factor; agent; bailiff, middleman; foreman, clerk of works; landreeve; factotum, major-domo, seneschal, housekeeper, shepherd, croupier; proctor, procurator.
-adverbs
ex officio.
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