| 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 |
| Concept: | Director. |
| Category: | 2. Complex voluntary action |
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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.
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ex officio.
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| Main Entry: | administration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | human or group who manages effort of an organization |
Synonyms: |
admiral, advisers, board, bureau, cabinet, chair, chairperson, chargé d'affaires, command, commander, committee, consulate, department, directors, embassy, executive, executives, feds, front office, general, governing body, headquarters, legislature, management, ministry, officers, officials, powers, presidency, president, presidium, stewards, superintendents, supervisors, top brass, upstairs |
| Main Entry: | administrator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who manages organization |
Synonyms: |
CEO, ambassador, authority, boss, bureaucrat, captain, chair, chairperson, chief, commander, consul, controller, custodian, dean, director, exec, executive, front office, governor, head, head honcho, head person, inspector, judge, leader, manager, mayor, minister, officer, official, organizer, overseer, person upstairs, premier, president, prez, producer, superintendent, supervisor |
Antonyms: |
employee, worker |
| Main Entry: | adviser/advisor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who recommends, teaches, or otherwise helps |
Synonyms: |
Dutch uncle, aide, attorney, authority, backseat driver, buttinski, clubhouse lawyer, coach, confidant, consultant, counsel, counselor, director, doctor, expert, friend, guide, helper, instructor, judge, kibitzer, lawyer, mentor, monitor, partner, priest, quarterback, referee, righthand person, second-guesser, teacher, tutor |
| Main Entry: | board |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of advisers |
Synonyms: |
advisers, advisory group, brass, cabinet, committee, conclave, council, directorate, directors, execs, executive suite, executives, front office, jury, panel, trustees, upstairs |
| Notes: | a board is a committee having supervisory powers, a plank, or food served to lodgers - while bored is tired of the world a plank is thicker than a board |
Antonyms: |
individual, one |
| 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: | captain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chief of vehicle, effort |
Synonyms: |
CEO, CFO, authority, boss, cap, chieftain, commander, director, exec, executive, four-striper, guide, head, head honcho, higher up, leader, master, mistress, number one, officer, operator, owner, pilot, royalty, skip*, skipper, top dog, top* |
| Main Entry: | chair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in or position of authority |
Synonyms: |
captain, chairperson, director, fellowship, helm, instructorship, leader, monitor, position of control, principal, professorate, professorship, throne, tutor, tutorship |
| Main Entry: | chairperson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in charge of proceedings |
Synonyms: |
administrator, captain, chair, director, introducer, leader, moderator, monitor, president, presider, principal, prolocutor, speaker, spokesperson, symposiarch |