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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who manages an organization |
| Synonyms: | CEO, CO, VIP, administration, administrator, big wheel, boss, brass, businessperson, chief, commander, director, directorate, entrepreneur, exec, government, governor, head, head honcho, head person, heavyweight, hierarchy, higher-up, industrialist, key player, leader, leadership, management, manager, officer, official, skipper, supervisor, top brass, tycoon |
| Main Entry: | figure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | famous person |
| Synonyms: | celebrity, character, dignitary, force, leader, notability, notable, personage, personality, presence, somebody, worthy |
| Antonyms: | commoner |
| Main Entry: | fountainhead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | principal source; person who originates |
| Synonyms: | administrator, architect, author, builder, creator, father, fount, fountain, generator, initiator, leader, maker, mother, originator, spring, wellspring |
| Main Entry: | governor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person administrating government |
| Synonyms: | administrator, boss, chief, chief of state, commander, comptroller, controller, director, executive, gubernatorial leader, guv, head, head honcho, leader, manager, overseer, presiding officer, ruler, superintendent, supervisor |
| Main Entry: | guide |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that or someone who leads |
| Synonyms: | adviser, attendant, captain, chaperon, cicerone, conductor, controller, convoy, counselor, criterion, design, director, docent, escort, example, exemplar, exhibitor, genie, genius, guiding spirit, guru, ideal, inspiration, lead, leader, lodestar, mentor, model, monitor, paradigm, pathfinder, pattern, pilot, pioneer, rudder, scout, standard, superintendent, teacher, usher, vanguard |
| Main Entry: | guru |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mentor, guide |
| Synonyms: | authority, guiding light, leader, master, sage, teacher, tutor |
| Antonyms: | follower, student |
| Main Entry: | inducement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incentive, motive |
| Synonyms: | attraction, bait, brainwash*, carrot, cause, come-on, con*, consideration, desire, encouragement, hard sell, hook*, impulse, incitement, influence, leader, lure, reward, snow job, soft soap, spur, stimulus, sweet talk, temptation, twist, urge |
| Notes: | the temporal orientation of incentive is toward the future; that of inducement is toward the past |
| Antonyms: | discouragement, disincentive, hindrance, prevention |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | legislator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in government who makes laws |
| Synonyms: | administrator, aldermember, assemblymember, council member, deputy, lawgiver, lawmaker, leader, member, member of Congress, parliamentarian, representative, senator |
| Main Entry: | luminary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very important person |
| Synonyms: | VIP, big name, celeb, celebrity, dignitary, eminence, leader, lion*, name, notability, notable, personage, personality, somebody, star, superstar, worthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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