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| Main Entry: | chief |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | most important, essential |
| Synonyms: | arch, capital, cardinal, central, champion, consequential, controlling, crucial, effective, especial, first, foremost, grand, head, highest, key, leading, main, major, momentous, number one, outstanding, paramount, potent, predominant, preeminent, premier, primal, primary, prime, principal, ruling, significant, star, stellar, superior, supreme, telling, uppermost, vital, weighty |
| Antonyms: | minor, secondary, subordinate, unimportant, unnecessary, inessential |
| 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: | 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: | basic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | elementary, fundamental |
| Synonyms: | basal, capital, central, chief, elemental, essential, indispensable, inherent, intrinsic, key, main, necessary, primary, primitive, principal, radical, underlying, vital, substratal |
| Antonyms: | additional, extra, nonessential, outside, peripheral, secondary, inessential |
| Main Entry: | big league |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important |
| Synonyms: | chief, critical, crucial, exceptional, grave, great, heavy, professional, serious, big-time, four-star, front-page, high-power, major-league, playing hard ball, strictly business |
| 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: | cardinal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important, key |
| Synonyms: | basal, basic, central, chief, essential, first, foremost, fundamental, highest, indispensable, leading, main, overriding, paramount, pivotal, preeminent, primary, prime, principal, ruling, vital, constitutive, greatest, overruling |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, minor, negligible, secondary, unimportant, inessential |
| Main Entry: | central |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | main, principal; in the middle |
| Synonyms: | basic, cardinal, center, chief, dominant, equidistant, essential, focal, foremost, fundamental, important, inmost, inner, interior, intermediate, key, leading, master, mean, median, mid, middle, outstanding, overriding, paramount, pivotal, predominant, primary, prime, radical, ruling, salient, significant, axial, centric, centroidal, middlemost, midmost, midway, nuclear, omphalic, umbilical |
| Antonyms: | exterior, minor, outside, peripheral, secondary |
| 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: | 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: | deciding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | determining |
| Synonyms: | chief, conclusive, critical, crucial, decisive, important, influential, key, necessary, prime, principal, significant |
| Antonyms: | inconclusive, insignificant, secondary, trivial, uncritical, unimportant |
| 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: | especial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exceptional, particular |
| Synonyms: | chief, distinguished, dominant, exclusive, express, extraordinary, individual, marked, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, paramount, peculiar, personal, predominant, preeminent, preponderant, principal, private, set, signal, singular, special, specific, supreme, uncommon, unique, unusual, surpassing |
| Antonyms: | common, general, normal, ordinary, unexceptional, usual, unspecific |
| 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: | flagship |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leader |
| Synonyms: | bellwether, chief, forerunner, front runner, head, crown jewel, flotilla leader, lead ship, mother ship |
| Main Entry: | foremost |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | first in rank, order |
| Synonyms: | arch, champion, chief, front, head, heavy, highest, initial, leading, number one, original, paramount, preeminent, premier, primary, prime, principal, supreme, A-1*, A-number-1, at the cutting edge, at the leading edge, headmost, heavy stuff, heavyweight, hot stuff, hotdog, hotshot, inaugural, most important, primo |
| Antonyms: | inferior, last, least, lowest, secondary, unimportant |
* = 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: | key |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | essential, important |
| Synonyms: | basic, chief, crucial, decisive, fundamental, indispensable, leading, main, major, material, pivotal, primary, principal, vital |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, nonessential, unimportant, inessential |
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