| Main Entry: | chief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in charge |
Synonyms: |
big cheese, big gun, big wheel, bigwig, boss, captain, chieftain, commander, dictator, director, foreperson, general, governor, head, head honcho, head person, honcho, key player, leader, manager, monarch, overlord, overseer, president, principal, proprietor, ringleader, ruler, sovereign, superintendent, supervisor, suzerain, top brass, top cat |
Antonyms: |
apprentice, employee, servant, subordinate, underling, 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: | 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: | mogul |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has great power, many possessions |
Synonyms: |
VIP, executive, key player, king, magnate, notable, personage, potentate, prince, princess, queen, royalty, top brass, tycoon |
| Main Entry: | principal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in charge of organization, often an educational one |
Synonyms: |
administrator, boss, chief, dean, director, exec, head, key player, lead, leader, preceptor, protagonist, rector, ruler, star, superintendent |
| Notes: | principle means fundamental, as in beliefs or truths or understandings and it is always a noun; principal can be a noun or adjective meaning chief or of first importance |
| Main Entry: | superior |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person higher or highest in rank |
Synonyms: |
CEO, VIP, boss, brass, chief, chieftain, director, elder, exec, executive, head, head honcho, heavyweight, higher-up, key player, leader, manager, principal, ruler, senior, supervisor |
Antonyms: |
inferior, servant |
| Main Entry: | higher-up |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | superior |
Synonyms: |
CEO, VIP, better, boss*, brass, chief, chieftain, director, elder, exec, executive, head, head honcho, heavyweight, key player, leader, manager, principal, ruler, senior, supervisor |
| Concept: | Director. |
| Category: | 2. Complex voluntary action |
Synonyms: |
-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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