Thesaurus:boss
English edit
Noun edit
Sense: a person who oversees and directs the work of others edit
Synonyms edit
- administrator
- boss
- chief
- commander
- director
- governor (informal)
- jefe (US)
- head [⇒ thesaurus]
- head man
- higher-up
- honcho
- leader
- manager
- master
- overseer
- sachem (US, informal)
- suit (pejorative, slang)
- superintendent
- superior [⇒ thesaurus]
- supervisor
Antonyms edit
Hyponyms edit
- chief executive officer,
- CEO
- criminal leader [⇒ thesaurus]
- floor manager
- foreman
- general manager
- line manager
- middle manager
- provost
- stage manager
- straw boss (US)
Hypernyms edit
Various edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “694. director” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “745. master” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “boss” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.