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Definitions

top brass

NOUN

administration

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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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STRONGEST

expert judge law

STRONG

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

WEAK

follower

NOUN

executive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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

Synonyms

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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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For Martinez, retention is the top problem, and he blames top brass for it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Yet whatever the top brass says, recent FDA actions tell a more complicated story.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

And amid the Ukraine war he was despatched to negotiate with Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin during his attempted mutiny against Russian military top brass in 2023.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

The firm's push to deploy AI at a time when top brass are emphasising the importance of a personal touch might seem loaded with irony, but Niccol sees little tension.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

And when Elizebeth started appearing in the papers, the top brass got agitated.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

top brass

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