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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person representing organization |
| Synonyms: | CEO, administrator, agent, big shot, boss, brains, brass, bureaucrat, chancellor, civil servant, commissioner, comptroller, dignitary, director, exec, executive, front office, functionary, governor, head person, higher-up, incumbent, leader, magistrate, manager, marshal, mayor, minister, officeholder, officer, panjandrum, premier, president, representative, secretary, top brass, top dog, top drawer, top*, treasurer |
| Notes: | an official (noun) is one who holds or is invested with an office or a referee or umpire in a game or sport - (adjective) having official authority or of or relating to an office; officious means marked by excessive eagerness in offering services or advice where they are neither requested nor needed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rein |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restraint, control |
| Synonyms: | bit, brake, bridle, check, curb, deterrent, governor, halter, harness, hold, line, restriction, strap |
| Notes: | rain is drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds; reign is a period during which somebody is dominant or powerful; rein is one of a pair of long leather straps connected to the bit or bridle and used to control a horse or other animal |
| Main Entry: | superintendent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who oversees organization |
| Synonyms: | administrator, boss, caretaker, chief, conductor, controller, curator, custodian, director, foreperson, governor, head, head person, inspector, manager, overseer, sitter, slave driver, straw boss, super*, supervisor, zookeeper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tutor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who teaches another privately |
| Synonyms: | coach, educator, governor, grind, guardian, guide, instructor, lecturer, mentor, preceptor, private teacher, prof, teach*, teacher |
| Antonyms: | pupil, student |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | warden |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who guards and manages |
| Synonyms: | administrator, bodyguard, caretaker, curator, custodian, deacon, dogcatcher, gamekeeper, governor, guard, guardian, jailer/jailor, janitor, keeper, officer, overseer, prison head, ranger, skipper, superintendent, watchdog, watchkeeper |
| Notes: | guardian is from Old French gardein 'protector, custodian,' while warden is from Old North French wardein 'guardian, custodian'; both words came from Frankish, represented by Old High German warten 'to watch, guard' |
| Antonyms: | prisoner |
| Main Entry: | viceroy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ruler |
| Synonyms: | governor, nabob, representative, satrap |
| Main Entry: | regent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | director |
| Synonyms: | governor, minister, official, ruler, viceroy |
| Main Entry: | lord |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | master |
| Synonyms: | aristocrat, baron, bishop, captain, commandant, commander, count, dad, don, duke, earl, governor, king, leader, liege, magnate, man upstairs, marquis, monarch, nobility, noble, nobleman, old man, overlord, parliamentarian, patrician, peer, potentate, prince, royalty, ruler, seigneur, sovereign, superior, viscount |
| Main Entry: | regulator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that regulates |
| Synonyms: | director, governor, manager, switch, thermostat, valve |
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