executive

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. director, manager, official, administrator, brass (sl.).

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

Syn. managing, managerial, governing, supervisory; see administrative .

n.

Syn. official, manager, businessperson, exec*; see administrator .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

manager, administrator, chief executive officer (CEO), supervisor, director, head, *top brass, officer, *big wheel, *higher-up, boss, *white-collar worker, *big cheese, *big toad in the puddle. ''[One]

who isn't worried about his own career but rather the careers of those who work for him.''— Henry Burns. ''One who can delegate all the responsibility, shift all the blame, and appropriate all the credit.''—Bobby Vinton.

WORD FIND

• recruiter: headhunter

II

a.

administrative, managerial, decision-making, directorial, authoritative, supervisory.

ANT.: menial, servile

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun A person having administrative or managerial authority in an organization: administrant, administrator, director, manager, officer, official. Informal: exec. See OVER. II adjective Of, for, or relating to administration or administrators: administrative, directorial, managerial, ministerial, supervisory. See OVER.