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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | main, principal; in the middle |
| Synonyms: | axial, basic, cardinal, center, centric, centroidal, chief, dominant, equidistant, essential, focal, foremost, fundamental, important, inmost, inner, interior, intermediate, key, leading, master, mean, median, mid, middle, middlemost, midmost, midway, nuclear, omphalic, outstanding, overriding, paramount, pivotal, predominant, primary, prime, radical, ruling, salient, significant, umbilical |
| Antonyms: | exterior, minor, outside, peripheral, secondary |
| Main Entry: | commander |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leader of military or other organization |
| Synonyms: | CO, administrator, big cheese, boss, captain, chief, commandant, czar, director, don, exec, guru, head, head honcho, head person, high priest/priestess, higher up, kingfish, kingpin, lead-off person, mastermind, officer, point person, ruler, skipper, top banana, top brass, top dog |
| Antonyms: | follower |
| Main Entry: | deciding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | determining |
| Synonyms: | chief, conclusive, critical, crucial, decisive, important, influential, key, necessary, prime, principal, significant |
| Antonyms: | inconclusive, insignificant, secondary, trivial, uncritical, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | dictator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absolute ruler |
| Synonyms: | Hitler, absolutist, adviser, authoritarian, autocrat, boss, chief, commander, despot, disciplinarian, fascist, leader, magnate, mogul, oligarch, oppressor, ringleader, slavedriver, totalitarian, tycoon, tyrant, usurper |
| Main Entry: | director |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manager |
| Synonyms: | administrator, big person, boss, chair, chief, controller, exec, executive, executive officer, governor, head, head honcho, helmer, key player, kingpin, leader, organizer, overseer, person upstairs, player, principal, producer, skipper, supervisor, top dog, top person |
| Main Entry: | dominant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | superior, controlling |
| Synonyms: | ascendant, assertive, authoritative, bossy, chief, commanding, demonstrative, despotic, domineering, effective, first, foremost, governing, imperative, imperious, leading, main, obtaining, outweighing, overbalancing, overbearing, overweighing, paramount, powerful, predominant, predominate, preeminent, preponderant, presiding, prevailing, prevalent, principal, regnant, reigning, ruling, sovereign, supreme, surpassing, transcendent |
| Antonyms: | humble, inferior, modest, reserved, retiring, unaggressive, unassuming, uncontrolling |
| Main Entry: | dominant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | main, primary |
| Synonyms: | capital, chief, influential, major, number one, outstanding, paramount, predominant, preeminent, prevailing, prevalent, principal, prominent, stellar |
| Antonyms: | inferior, secondary, subordinate |
| Main Entry: | employer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person, business who hires |
| Synonyms: | CEO, CO, big shot, boss, businessperson, capitalist, chief, company, corporation, director, entrepreneur, establishment, executive, firm, front office, head, head honcho, juice*, kingpin, management, manager, manufacturer, meal ticket, organization, outfit, overseer, owner, patron, president, proprietor, slavedriver, superintendent, supervisor, workers big cheese |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | especial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exceptional, particular |
| Synonyms: | chief, distinguished, dominant, exclusive, express, extraordinary, individual, marked, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, paramount, peculiar, personal, predominant, preeminent, preponderant, principal, private, set, signal, singular, special, specific, supreme, surpassing, uncommon, unique, unusual |
| Antonyms: | common, general, normal, ordinary, unexceptional, unspecific, usual |
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