mayor

[mey-er, mair] / ˈmeɪ ər, mɛər /

NOUN

administrator

Synonyms

STRONGEST

authority bureaucrat chief commander controller custodian dean director executive head inspector judge leader manager minister officer official organizer superintendent supervisor

STRONG

CEO President ambassador boss captain chair chairperson consul exec governor overseer premier producer

WEAK

front office head honcho head person person upstairs prez

Antonyms

STRONGEST

employee follower worker

NOUN

city manager

Synonyms

WEAK

burgomaster first selectman lord mayor maire supervisor

NOUN

official

Synonyms

STRONGEST

administrator agent bureaucrat civil servant commissioner director executive leader manager minister officer representative secretary

STRONG

CEO President boss brains brass chancellor comptroller dignitary exec functionary governor higher-up incumbent magistrate marshal officeholder panjandrum premier top treasurer

WEAK

big shot front office head person top brass top dog

Antonyms

STRONGEST

employee

Example Sentences

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After the rapper was announced as the headliner of a hip-hop festival in London scheduled for July, the city’s mayor and U.K.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

“So much of what’s going wrong in Los Angeles requires the mayor to get involved,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Carty Finkbeiner, a former three-time Toledo mayor who has known the Block family for decades, recalls one of the protesters giving him the finger at the party.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Instead, Clement almost certainly meant former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was considered the frontrunner for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination at the time.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

“When your mom’s the mayor, you hear everything.”

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

mayor

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