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| Main Entry: |
steward
 [stoo-erd, styoo-] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manager |
| Synonyms: | administrator, agent, chamberlain, purser, representative |
| Main Entry: | steward |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | custodian |
| Synonyms: | administrator, agent, attendant, bailiff, chamberlain, curator, dapifer, director, foreman, guardian, magistrate, major-domo, manager, manciple, officer, proctor, purveyor, reeve, seneschal, waiter |
| Main Entry: | administration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | human or group who manages effort of an organization |
| Synonyms: | admiral, advisers, board, bureau, cabinet, chair, chairperson, chargé d'affaires, command, commander, committee, consulate, department, directors, embassy, executive, executives, feds, front office, general, governing body, headquarters, legislature, management, ministry, officers, officials, powers, presidency, president, presidium, stewards, superintendents, supervisors, top brass, upstairs |
Example Sentences
- But it is also the steward of scarce public resources and the preserver of public goods such as law and order.
- Armed with information, you can become a good steward of the world.
- Each portrays himself as a decisive, frank and humane steward of the public finances.
| Main Entry: | agent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person representing an organization or person in business |
| Synonyms: | abettor, actor, advocate, ambassador, assignee, assistant, attorney, broker, commissioner, delegate, deputy, doer, emissary, envoy, executor, factor, factotum, functionary, go-between, handler, intermediary, lawyer, mediary, middleperson, minister, mover, negotiator, officer, operative, operator, principal, proctor, promoter, proxy, representative, salesperson, servant, steward, substitute, surrogate, ten percenter, worker |
| Main Entry: | conserve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | save, protect |
| Synonyms: | cut back, cut down on, go easy on, hoard, keep, maintain, nurse, preserve, safeguard, scrimp, skimp, sock away, squirrel, squirrel away, stash, steward, store up, support, sustain, take care of, use sparingly |
| Antonyms: | destroy, neglect, spend, squander, use, waste |
| Main Entry: | curator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | caretaker of collection |
| Synonyms: | administrator, conservator, custodian, director, guardian, keeper, manager, steward |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | keeper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guardian |
| Synonyms: | archivist, attendant, caretaker, conservator, curator, custodian, defender, guard, jailer, lookout, overseer, protector, sentinel, sentry, steward, superintendent, supervisor, warden |
| Main Entry: | lackey |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | servant |
| Synonyms: | attendant, butler, domestic, doormat, drudge, factotum, flunkey, retainer, steward, subordinate, toady, underling, valet, yes-person |
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