| Main Entry: | overseer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who supervises others' work |
Synonyms: |
executive, head, head honcho, manager, pit boss, straw boss, superintendent, 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: | 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: | 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: | custodian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | caretaker, maintenance person |
Synonyms: |
Cerberus, baby sitter, bodyguard, claviger, cleaner, cleaning person, concierge, curator, escort, guardian, housesitter, keeper, maintenance person, manager, overseer, protector, sitter, steward, super*, superintendent, supervisor, swamper, warden, watchdog, watchperson |
| 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: | employer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person, business who hires |
Synonyms: |
CEO, CO, big shot, boss, businessperson, capitalist, chief, company, corporation, director, entrepreneur, establishment, executive, firm, front office, head, head honcho, juice*, kingpin, management, manager, manufacturer, meal ticket, organization, outfit, overseer, owner, patron, president, proprietor, slavedriver, superintendent, supervisor, workers big cheese |
| Main Entry: | governor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person administrating government |
Synonyms: |
administrator, boss, chief, chief of state, commander, comptroller, controller, director, executive, gubernatorial leader, guv, head, head honcho, leader, manager, overseer, presiding officer, ruler, superintendent, supervisor |
| Main Entry: | guardian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | keeper, protector |
Synonyms: |
angel*, attendant, baby-sitter, bird dog, cerberus, champion, chaperon, chaperone, conservator, cop, curator, custodian, defender, escort, guard, keeper, nurse, overseer, paladin, patrol, preserver, safeguard, sentinel, shepherd, sitter, sponsor, superintendent, supervisor, trustee, vigilante, warden, watchdog |
| Notes: | guardian is from Old French gardein 'protector, custodian,' while warden is from Old North French wardein 'guardian, custodian'; both words came from Frankish, represented by Old High German warten 'to watch, guard' |
| Main Entry: | inspector |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | examiner |
Synonyms: |
assessor, auditor, checker, controller, detective, investigator, monitor, overseer, police officer, private eye, reviewer, scrutinizer, sleuth, tester |