Definitions

managerial

[man-i-jeer-ee-uhl] / ˌmæn ɪˈdʒɪər i əl /

ADJECTIVE

administrative

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bureaucratic commanding directorial governmental legislative ministerial organizational policy-making regulatory supervisory

WEAK

authoritative central controlling deciding decisive departmental directing directive executive governing in charge in control jurisdictional official presiding regulative ruling superintending supervising

Example Sentences

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But Iran's embassy to Turkey said a "large" number of managerial and executive staff and others had been denied visas, prompting a furious response.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

Yet an overly centralized administrative approach may simply relocate concentrated power from private elites to managerial bureaucracies operating at even greater distance from ordinary communities and persons.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Mid- and lower-level managerial roles are being removed as well.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

There was a bit of a managerial merry-go-round at the bottom of the table too.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Teller’s obsessive personality created a managerial dilemma for Norris Bradbury, the able Berkeley-trained physicist who had succeeded Oppenheimer as Los Alamos director.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

managerial

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