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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | most important, essential |
| Synonyms: | arch, capital, cardinal, central, champion, consequential, controlling, crucial, effective, especial, first, foremost, grand, head, highest, key, leading, main, major, momentous, number one, outstanding, paramount, potent, predominant, preeminent, premier, primal, primary, prime, principal, ruling, significant, star, stellar, superior, supreme, telling, uppermost, vital, weighty |
| Antonyms: | inessential, minor, secondary, subordinate, unimportant, unnecessary |
| 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: | arch |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | principal, superior |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, champion, chief, consummate, expert, finished, first, foremost, greatest, head, highest, leading, main, major, master, preeminent, premier, primary, top |
| Antonyms: | inferior |
| Main Entry: | basic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | elementary, fundamental |
| Synonyms: | basal, capital, central, chief, elemental, essential, indispensable, inherent, intrinsic, key, main, necessary, primary, primitive, principal, radical, substratal, underlying, vital |
| Antonyms: | additional, extra, inessential, nonessential, outside, peripheral, secondary |
| Main Entry: | best |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | most excellent |
| Synonyms: | 10, A-1, ace, bad*, beyond compare, boss*, capital, champion, chief, choicest, cool*, culminating, finest, first, first-class, first-rate, foremost, greatest, highest, incomparable, inimitable, leading, matchless, nonpareil, number 1, optimum, out-of-sight, outstanding, paramount, peerless, perfect, preeminent, premium, prime, primo, principal, sans pareil, second to none, super, superlative, supreme, terrific, tops, tough, transcendent, unequaled, unparalleled, unrivaled, unsurpassed |
| Antonyms: | worst |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | big league |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important |
| Synonyms: | big-time, chief, critical, crucial, exceptional, four-star, front-page, grave, great, heavy, high-power, major-league, playing hard ball, professional, serious, strictly business |
| 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: | capital |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | main, essential |
| Synonyms: | basic, cardinal, central, chief, controlling, dominant, first, foremost, fundamental, important, leading, major, number one, outstanding, overruling, paramount, predominant, preeminent, primary, prime, principal, prominent, underlying, vital |
| Notes: | the word capitol is from the Roman Capitoline Hill and the similarity between capitol and capital is purely coincidental; capitol applies to the building and capital to the seat of a government |
| Antonyms: | extra, minor, nonessential, secondary, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | cardinal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important, key |
| Synonyms: | basal, basic, central, chief, constitutive, essential, first, foremost, fundamental, greatest, highest, indispensable, leading, main, overriding, overruling, paramount, pivotal, preeminent, primary, prime, principal, ruling, vital |
| Antonyms: | inessential, insignificant, minor, negligible, secondary, unimportant |
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