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captain

[kap-tuhn, -tin] / ˈkæp tən, -tɪn /
NOUN
person in charge
Synonyms
STRONGEST
boss commander director executive leader officer operator owner pilot skipper
STRONG
CEO CFO authority cap chieftain exec guide head skip top
WEAK
four-striper head honcho higher up number one top dog
Antonyms
STRONGEST
follower

Example Sentences

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"With limited archival information currently available – including uncertainty over the ship's age, captain, and final moments – the project team hopes modern survey techniques will provide long-awaited answers."

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Nearby Miami Gardens hosted the final of the 2024 Copa América, which Argentina, with Messi as captain, won.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

“Records are made to be beaten. But the intangibles, the things that he did as the team’s captain, the leadership that he provided, the type of a player he was, very unselfish,” Evans said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

Arsenal were without Bukayo Saka, captain Martin Odegaard and Jurrien Timber through injury, while Myles Lewis-Skelly was making just his second start of the season at left-back with Riccardo Calafiori also unavailable.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

“Surely the captain doesn’t expect us to appear on deck in our nightclothes!”

From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis