director

director
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
One who directs
Nouns
1. director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller, controller; superintendent, supervisor; executive director; overseer, foreman, overlooker; inspector, visitor, ranger, surveyor, aedile, moderator, monitor, taskmaster; employer; master, [born] leader, ringleader, demagogue, conductor, precentor, bellwether, agitator, boss. Informal, straw boss.
2. management; head, executive, president, chief executive officer (CEO), chief financial officer (CFO), chief operating officer (COO); chairman, -woman, or -person, chairman of the board, speaker, chair; captain, superior; mayor; vice president, prime minister, premier, officer, functionary, minister, official, bureaucrat; officeholder; statesman, strategist, legislator, lawgiver, politician; Minos, Draco; arbiter, judge (see judgment); board, council; secretary of state. Informal, prexy.
3. (assistant to director) vicar, deputy, steward, factor; agent, bailiff, middleman; factotum, majordomo, seneschal, housekeeper; shepherd; croupier; proctor, procurator.
4. guide, pilot, shepherd, conductor, cicerone; tour guide or director; guidebook. See information, direction. directory
n. index, guide; council.See direction.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [An executive officer]
Syn. manager, supervisor, executive; see administrator , leader 2 .
2. [Person in charge of a theatrical production]
Syn. producer, impresario, stage director, motion-picture director, auteur, filmmaker, r?gisseur (French), television director; see also leader 3 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
leader, orchestrator, manager, overseer, administrator, supervisor, head, *whip, *kingpin, executive, foreman, overlord, *biggest toad in the puddle, general, quarterback, captain, boss.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. One who is highest in rank or authority: boss, chief, chieftain, head, headman, hierarch, leader, master. Slang: honcho. Idiom: cock of the walk. See OVER. 2. Someone who directs and supervises workers: boss, foreman, foreperson, forewoman, head, manager, overseer, superintendent, supervisor, taskmaster, taskmistress. Informal: straw boss. Slang: chief. See OVER. 3. A person having administrative or managerial authority in an organization: administrant, administrator, executive, manager, officer, official. Informal: exec. See OVER. 4. Something or someone that shows the way: conductor, escort, guide, lead, leader, pilot, shepherd, usher. See SHOW.

English dictionary for students. 2013.

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