| Main Entry: | exec |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | executive |
Synonyms: |
administrant, administrator, boss, chief, director, leader, manager, officer, official, overseer, supervisor |
| 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: | authority |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expert, animate or inanimate |
Synonyms: |
CEO, arbiter, aristocrat, bible, big cheese, big shot, big wig, boss, brains, brass, buff*, city hall, connoisseur, czar, egghead, establishment*, exec, executive, expert, feds, front office, governor, guru, ivory dome, judge, kingfish, kingpin, law*, power elite, pro, professional, professor, pundit, scholar, specialist, textbook, top brass, top dog, top hand, upstairs, veteran, virtuoso, whiz, wizard |
| 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: | commander |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leader of military or other organization |
Synonyms: |
CO, administrator, big cheese, boss, captain, chief, commandant, czar, director, don, exec, guru, head, head honcho, head person, high priest/priestess, higher up, kingfish, kingpin, lead-off person, mastermind, officer, point person, ruler, skipper, top banana, top brass, top dog |
Antonyms: |
follower |
| 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: | executive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who manages an organization |
Synonyms: |
CEO, CO, VIP, administration, administrator, big wheel, boss, brass, businessperson, chief, commander, director, directorate, entrepreneur, exec, government, governor, head, head honcho, head person, heavyweight, hierarchy, higher-up, industrialist, key player, leader, leadership, management, manager, officer, official, skipper, supervisor, top brass, tycoon |
| Main Entry: | leader |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who guides |
Synonyms: |
boss, captain, chief, chieftain, commander, conductor, controller, counsellor, dean, dignitary, director, doyen, eminence, exec, forerunner, general, governor, guide, harbinger, head, herald, lead, lion*, luminary, manager, mistress, notability, notable, officer, pacesetter, pilot, pioneer, precursor, president, principal, rector, ringleader, ruler, shepherd, skipper, superintendent, superior |
Antonyms: |
follower |