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Definitions

top brass

NOUN

administration

Synonyms

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board bureau cabinet committee department executive legislature management ministry presidency

STRONG

President admiral advisers chair chairperson command commander consulate directors embassy executives feds general headquarters officers officials powers presidium stewards superintendents supervisors upstairs

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chargé d'affaires front office governing body

NOUN

authority

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expert judge law

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Bible CEO arbiter aristocrat boss brains brass buff connoisseur czar egghead establishment exec executive feds governor guru kingfish kingpin pro professional professor pundit scholar specialist textbook upstairs veteran virtuoso whiz wizard

WEAK

big cheese big shot big wig city hall front office ivory dome power elite top dog top hand

Antonyms

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amateur greenhorn ignoramus proletariat rookie student

NOUN

chief

Synonyms

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captain commander director head leader manager ruler superintendent supervisor

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President bigwig boss chieftain dictator foreperson general governor honcho monarch overlord overseer principal proprietor ringleader sovereign suzerain

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big cheese big gun big wheel head honcho head person key player top cat

Antonyms

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employee follower

WEAK

apprentice servant subordinate underling worker

NOUN

commander

Synonyms

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administrator captain chief commandant director head officer ruler

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boss co czar don exec guru kingfish kingpin mastermind skipper

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big cheese head honcho head person high priest/priestess higher up lead-off person point person top banana top dog

Antonyms

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employee worker

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follower

NOUN

executive

Synonyms

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administration administrator boss chief commander director entrepreneur government leader management manager officer official supervisor

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CEO VIP brass businessperson co directorate exec governor head heavyweight hierarchy higher-up industrialist leadership skipper tycoon

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big wheel head honcho head person key player

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employee follower worker

NOUN

front office

Synonyms

WEAK

anteriority executive hierarchy upstairs

NOUN

management

Synonyms

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administration authority board executive

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bosses brass directorate directors employers execs executives head mainframe upstairs

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executive suite front office micro management person upstairs

Antonyms

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employees mismanagement

NOUN

mogul

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executive magnate tycoon

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VIP king notable personage potentate prince princess queen royalty

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key player

NOUN

official

Synonyms

STRONGEST

administrator agent bureaucrat civil servant commissioner director executive leader manager minister officer representative secretary

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CEO President boss brains brass chancellor comptroller dignitary exec functionary governor higher-up incumbent magistrate marshal mayor officeholder panjandrum premier top treasurer

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big shot front office head person top dog

Antonyms

STRONGEST

employee

Example Sentences

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The top brass of the ECB backed the management of the England team – Stokes, McCullum and Key.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

John Nagl, who strongly felt that the Army’s top brass were too hidebound to the old ways of warfighting—large-scale tank-and-infantry battles—and were blocking the promotions of officers who were fighting counterinsurgency battles in the field.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

Live images streamed before the leaders arrived showed a jovial atmosphere, with several among the top brass of China's ruling Communist Party seen chatting and smiling with members of Trump's administration.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

One of the year’s biggest policy events for China watchers is set to start this week, bringing the top brass together to chart the course for the world’s second-largest economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

It appeared to contain an archive of the Oology Division’s status reports, intended for the Sixers’ top brass.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

top brass

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