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| Main Entry: | boss |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | great |
| Synonyms: | awesome*, capital, champion, excellent, fine, first-rate, fly*, top, wonderful, bang-up, whiz-bang |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | boss |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manager over other employees |
| Synonyms: | administrator, big cheese*, chief, director, employer, executive, head, honcho*, leader, overseer, owner, superintendent, supervisor, wheel*, big gun, big person, chieftain, controller, dominator, exec, foreperson, head honcho, helmer, person in charge, taskperson, top dog |
| Antonyms: | employee, worker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | boss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | control; command |
| Synonyms: | administer, chaperon, direct, employ, manage, overlook, oversee, run, superintend, supervise, survey, administrate, quarterback, take charge |
| Antonyms: | behave, follow |
| Main Entry: | administrator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who manages organization |
| Synonyms: | ambassador, authority, boss, bureaucrat, captain, chair, chairperson, chief, commander, consul, custodian, dean, director, executive, front office*, governor, head, inspector, judge, leader, manager, minister, officer, official, organizer, overseer, premier, president, superintendent, supervisor, CEO, controller, exec, head honcho, head person, mayor, person upstairs, prez, producer |
| Antonyms: | employee, worker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | big deal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something or someone important |
| Synonyms: | VIP, big cheese*, big shot*, big wheel*, bigwig*, boss, tycoon, big enchilada, big fish, big gun, biggie, boss man, head honcho, hotshot, important person, top dog, very important person |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | capitalist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person engaged in private ownership of business |
| Synonyms: | backer, banker, bourgeois, businessperson, entrepreneur, financier, investor, plutocrat, landowner, moneybags, one who signs the checks, the boss, the money |
| Antonyms: | communist |
| Main Entry: | captain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chief of vehicle, effort |
| Synonyms: | authority, boss, cap, commander, director, executive, guide, head, leader, master, mistress, number one, officer, operator, owner, pilot, royalty, skip*, skipper*, top*, CEO, CFO, chieftain, exec, four-striper, head honcho, higher up, top dog |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | champion |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | best, excellent |
| Synonyms: | boss*, capital, chief, choice, cool, dandy, distinguished, first, head, illustrious, out of sight, out of this world, outstanding, premier, prime, principal, splendid, super, superior, top-notch*, unbeaten, undefeated, blue-ribbon, greatest, prize-winning, tip top, top drawer, topflight, tops, world class |
| Antonyms: | worst, poorest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in charge |
| Synonyms: | big cheese*, big wheel*, bigwig*, boss, captain, commander, dictator, director, general, governor, head, honcho*, leader, manager, monarch, overlord, overseer, president, principal, proprietor, ringleader, ruler, sovereign, superintendent, supervisor, big gun, chieftain, foreperson, head honcho, head person, key player, suzerain, top brass, top cat |
| Antonyms: | apprentice, employee, servant, subordinate, underling, worker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | commander |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leader of military or other organization |
| Synonyms: | administrator, big cheese*, boss, captain, chief, czar, director, don, guru, head, mastermind, officer, ruler, skipper, top banana*, CO, commandant, exec, head honcho, head person, high priest/priestess, higher up, kingfish, kingpin, lead-off person, point person, top brass, top dog |
| Antonyms: | follower |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dictator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absolute ruler |
| Synonyms: | adviser, authoritarian, autocrat, boss, chief, commander, despot, disciplinarian, fascist, leader, magnate, mogul, oppressor, ringleader, totalitarian, tycoon, tyrant, Hitler, absolutist, oligarch, slavedriver, usurper |
| Main Entry: | director |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manager |
| Synonyms: | administrator, boss, chair, chief, executive, governor, head, leader, organizer, overseer, player, principal, skipper*, supervisor, big person, controller, exec, executive officer, head honcho, helmer, key player, kingpin, person upstairs, producer, top dog, top person |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | employer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person, business who hires |
| Synonyms: | big shot*, boss, businessperson, capitalist, chief, company, corporation, director, entrepreneur, establishment, executive, firm, front office, head, juice*, management, manager, manufacturer, meal ticket*, organization, outfit, overseer, owner, patron, president, proprietor, superintendent, supervisor, CEO, CO, head honcho, kingpin, slavedriver, workers big cheese |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | executive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who manages an organization |
| Synonyms: | VIP*, administration, administrator, big wheel*, boss, brass, businessperson, chief, commander, director, entrepreneur, government, governor, head, hierarchy, industrialist, leader, leadership, management, manager, officer, official, skipper*, supervisor, tycoon, CEO, CO, directorate, exec, head honcho, head person, heavyweight, higher-up, key player, top brass |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extraordinary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strange and wonderful |
| Synonyms: | amazing, bizarre, boss*, curious, exceptional, fantastic, flash*, gnarly*, heavy*, inconceivable, incredible, marvelous, odd, out of the ordinary, outstanding, particular, peculiar, phenomenal, rare, remarkable, singular, special, strange, stupendous, surprising, terrific, uncommon, unfamiliar, unheard-of, unimaginable, unique, unprecedented, unthinkable, unusual, weird, wicked*, fab, off beaten path, unwonted |
| Antonyms: | common, commonplace, customary, familiar, normal, ordinary, usual, unextraordinary, unsurprising |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | far-out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unconventional and offbeat |
| Synonyms: | Bohemian, avant-garde, boss*, contemporary, cool*, cool, deep*, deep, excellent, fabulous, fantastic, groovy*, groovy, hip*, hippie, mod, modern, modernistic, neat, nifty, offbeat, out of this world, radical, sensational, strange, super, swell, trendy, unconventional, unorthodox, way-out, weird, wild, wonderful, out in left field, rad, rad, ultamodern, very unconventional |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gnarly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cool, excellent |
| Synonyms: | boss*, great, hairy*, keen, magnificent, marvelous, neat, nifty, sensational, superb, swell, wonderful, finest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | governor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person administrating government |
| Synonyms: | administrator, boss, chief, commander, comptroller, director, executive, head, leader, manager, overseer, ruler, superintendent, supervisor, chief of state, controller, gubernatorial leader, guv, head honcho, presiding officer |
| Main Entry: | groovy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cool, wonderful |
| Synonyms: | boss*, chic, deep*, excellent, fabulous, fantastic, far-out*, great, hip, neat*, nifty*, sensational, splendid, super, swell*, trendy, unorthodox, way-out, wild, with it, rad |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | leader |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who guides |
| Synonyms: | boss, captain, chief, commander, conductor, dean, dignitary, director, eminence, forerunner, general, governor, guide, harbinger, head, herald, lead, lion*, luminary, manager, mistress, notable, officer, pacesetter, pilot, pioneer, precursor, president, principal, rector, ringleader, ruler, shepherd, skipper, superintendent, superior, chieftain, controller, counsellor, doyen, exec, notability |
| Antonyms: | follower |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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