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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: | prime minister |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | government head |
| Synonyms: | chancellor, chief executive, chief minister, chief of state, chief officer, commander in chief, dewan, doge, grand vizier, head of cabinet, head of state, leader, person in charge, premier, president |
| Main Entry: | ringleader |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leader |
| Synonyms: | agitator, boss, brains, captain, chief, chieftain, commander, general, head, head honcho, inciter, instigator, mastermind, orchestrator, president, ruler, skipper, spokesperson, troublemaker |
| Main Entry: | chairman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authority |
| Synonyms: | administrator, captain, chair, chairperson, chairwoman, director, introducer, leader, moderator, monitor, president, presider, principal, prolocutor, speaker, spokesman, toastmaster |
| Main Entry: | commander in chief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supreme commander |
| Synonyms: | C in C, President, U.S. President, captain general, generalissimo, shogun |
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