Synonyms for director

Most common

chief · officer · manager · boss · board member · film director · conductor

All synonyms

Noun

Antonyms

worker

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).

Related words

Word family

directorate directorship directress

Phrases

funeral director managing director film director deputy director director circle director of photography hand director

Forms

Plural

directors → managers, chiefs, officers, heads…

Example sentences

• chief High tariffs are the chief obstacles to free trade.
• officer The police officer asked Tom to empty his pockets.
• manager The manager sat on the bench with his arms folded.
• boss Between you and me, he's in trouble with the boss.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

head¹, boss¹

5 letters

chief¹, guide¹, pilot², ruler²

6 letters

leader², master²

7 letters

manager³, officer³

8 letters

governor³, overseer⁴

9 letters

conductor³

14 letters

superintendent⁵

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pilot² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

directrice

Italiano

direttrice

Deutsch

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