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leader - 20 thesaurus results
| 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
| 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: | 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: | 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: | chairperson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in charge of proceedings |
| Synonyms: | administrator, captain, chair, director, leader, moderator, monitor, president, principal, speaker, spokesperson, introducer, presider, prolocutor, symposiarch |
| 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: | 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: | emir |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prince |
| Synonyms: | governor, leader, amir, chieftain, shah, sheik |
| 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: | fountainhead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | principal source; person who originates |
| Synonyms: | administrator, architect, author, builder, creator, father, fountain, generator, leader, maker, mother, originator, spring, wellspring, fount, initiator |
| 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: | guru |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mentor, guide |
| Synonyms: | authority, leader, master, sage, teacher, tutor, guiding light |
| Antonyms: | follower, student |
| Main Entry: | inducement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incentive, motive |
| Synonyms: | attraction, bait, brainwash*, cause, come-on*, con*, consideration, desire, encouragement, hard sell, hook*, impulse, incitement, influence, leader, lure, reward, snow job*, soft soap*, spur, stimulus, sweet talk*, temptation, twist, urge, carrot* |
| Notes: | the temporal orientation of incentive is toward the future; that of inducement is toward the past |
| Antonyms: | discouragement, hindrance, prevention, disincentive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | legislator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in government who makes laws |
| Synonyms: | administrator, deputy, lawmaker, leader, member, representative, senator, aldermember, assemblymember, council member, lawgiver, member of Congress, parliamentarian |
| Main Entry: | luminary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very important person |
| Synonyms: | VIP*, big name*, celebrity, dignitary, eminence, leader, lion*, name, notable, personage, personality, somebody*, star, worthy, celeb, notability, superstar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | magnate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | important person, usually in business |
| Synonyms: | VIP*, aristocrat, bigwig*, businessperson, capitalist, chief, figure, financier, industrialist, leader, lion*, merchant, mogul, name, noble, notable, peer, personage, plutocrat, tycoon, captain of industry |
| Antonyms: | lowly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mover and shaker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who makes things happen |
| Synonyms: | VIP, catalyst, doer, entrepreneur, generator, heavy hitter, leader, lightning rod, player*, player, presence, spark plug, spark plug, upstart, whip, achiever, affluential, enterprising person, go-getter, go-getter, heavyweight, man of influence, mover, palpable presence, pathfinder, producer, trailblazer, wheeler and dealer, wheeler and dealer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | notable |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is famous, important |
| Synonyms: | VIP*, big name*, big shot*, big wheel*, celebrity, chief, dignitary, eminence, executive, figure*, leader, lion*, luminary, magnate, mogul, name, personage, personality, power, somebody*, star, worthy, big-time operator, heavyweight, high-up, hotdog, notability, pooh-bah, superstar |
| Antonyms: | unknown, lowlife |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | official |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person representing organization |
| Synonyms: | administrator, agent, big shot*, boss, brass*, bureaucrat, civil servant, commissioner, comptroller, dignitary, director, executive, front office*, governor, incumbent, leader, magistrate, manager, marshal, minister, officer, premier, president, representative, secretary, top*, treasurer, CEO, brains, chancellor, exec, functionary, head person, higher-up, mayor, officeholder, panjandrum, top brass, top dog, top drawer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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