Synonyms for conductor
All synonyms
Noun
1. Director
director, leader, band leader, manager, superintendent, guide, pilot, steersman
Definitions
- n. 1
One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.
Related words
- Word family
- conductress conduct
- Phrases
- conductor rail line conductor lightning conductor live conductor
Forms
- Plural
- conductors → directors, leaders, managers, superintendents…
Example sentences
- director I've been speaking to your director and he agreed.
- superintendent You must be referring to superintendent Yazid.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| conductor | falling | |
| director | falling | |
| superintendent | falling | |
| steersman | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- guide1, guard1, pilot2
- 6 letters
- leader2
- 7 letters
- manager3
- 8 letters
- director3
- 9 letters
- steersman
- 13 letters
- kapellmeister
- 14 letters
- superintendent5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pilot2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- contrôleur
- Español
- controlador
- Deutsch
- Prüfer