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| Main Entry: | owner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has possession of |
| Synonyms: | governor, heir, keeper, partner, possessor, proprietor, purchaser, squire, heir-apparent, heiress, heritor, holder, landowner, legatee, sharer, something buyer, titleholder |
| Antonyms: | renter, leaser |
| Main Entry: | own |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | belonging to individual |
| Synonyms: | endemic, individual, inherent, intrinsic, mine, owned, particular, peculiar, personal, private, resident, hers, his, its, theirs, very own, yours |
| 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: | employer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person, business who hires |
| Synonyms: | big shot*, boss, businessperson, capitalist, chief, company, corporation, director, entrepreneur, establishment, executive, firm, front office, head, juice*, management, manager, manufacturer, meal ticket*, organization, outfit, overseer, owner, patron, president, proprietor, superintendent, supervisor, CEO, CO, head honcho, kingpin, slavedriver, workers big cheese |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | proprietor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who owns something |
| Synonyms: | front office, meal ticket*, owner, possessor, freeholder, holder, land owner, proprietary, titleholder |
| Antonyms: | customer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | taskmaster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slave driver |
| Synonyms: | boss, director, disciplinarian, employer, manager, overseer, owner, supervisor, tyrant, dominator, foreperson, head honcho, person in charge, taskperson |
| Main Entry: | householder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | proprietor |
| Synonyms: | landlord, owner, homeowner, mortgagee |
| Main Entry: | industrialist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tycoon |
| Synonyms: | businessperson, manager, manufacturer, owner, captain of industry |
| Main Entry: | lessor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | landlord |
| Synonyms: | owner, landlady, property owner |
| Notes: | the lessee is the tenant who holds a lease, while the lessor is the owner who grants a lease |
| Antonyms: | lessee |
| Main Entry: | host |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who entertains, performs |
| Synonyms: | anchor, entertainer, innkeeper, keeper, manager, moderator, owner, proprietor, anchor person, emcee, person of the house, presenter |
| Antonyms: | guest, visitor |
| Main Entry: | master |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in charge, female or male |
| Synonyms: | administrator, boss, captain, chief, commander, commanding officer, conqueror, director, employer, general, governor, guide, guru, head, instructor, judge, lord, manager, matriarch, overlord, overseer, owner, patriarch, pedagogue, preceptor, principal, pro, ruler, skipper, slave driver*, superintendent, supervisor, swami*, taskmaster, teacher, tutor, wheel*, chieftain, commandant, controller, head person, schoolmaster/ mistress, spiritual leader, top dog |
| Antonyms: | servant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | individual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distinctive, exclusive |
| Synonyms: | alone, characteristic, definite, diagnostic, different, discrete, distinct, especial, express, idiosyncratic, indivisible, lone, odd, only, original, own, particular, peculiar, personal, proper, reserved, respective, secluded, select, separate, several, single, singular, sole, solitary, special, specific, uncommon, unique, unusual, diacritic, personalized, unitary |
| Antonyms: | common, general, ordinary |
| Main Entry: | personal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | private, individual |
| Synonyms: | exclusive, intimate, own, particular, peculiar, privy, retired, secluded, secret, special, claimed |
| Antonyms: | general, public |
| Main Entry: | private |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | personal, intimate |
| Synonyms: | behind the scenes, clandestine, close to one's chest, closet*, confidential, discreet, exclusive, hush-hush*, hushed, independent, individual, inside, nonpublic, not open, off the record*, own, particular, privy*, reserved, secret, separate, special, under one's hat, unofficial |
| Antonyms: | open, public, sociable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | proper |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | individual, personal |
| Synonyms: | characteristic, distinctive, idiosyncratic, own, particular, peculiar, private, respective, special, specific |
| Antonyms: | general |
| Main Entry: | respective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | particular, specific |
| Synonyms: | corresponding, each, individual, own, personal, relevant, separate, several, singular, various |
| Antonyms: | indefinite |
| Main Entry: | unburden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | get rid of |
| Synonyms: | clear, confess, confide, disburden, discharge, disclose, disencumber, dispose of, divulge, dump, ease, empty, get off one's chest, lay bare, let hair down, lighten, lose, out with it, own, relieve, relinquish, reveal, shake, shake off*, tell all, throw off, unbosom, unload |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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