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bossesnounpl. of boss the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to doevery morning the boss hands out a list of top-priority tasks boss men, captains, chiefs, foremen, headmen, heads, helmsmen, honchos, jefes, kingpins, leaders, masters, taskmasters directresses, mistressesadministrators, commanders, directors, executives, generals, governors, hierarchs, higher-upsleadmen, managers, overseers, principals, skippers, standard-bearers, stewards, straw bosses, superintendents, superiors, supervisorsdominators, lords, overlords, potentates, rulers, sovereigns(also sovrans)figureheadsslave driversbarons, czars(also tsars or tzars), kings, magnates, moguls, presidents, princesbig cheeses, big guns, bigwigs, top dogs, top gunscoheads(or co-heads), coleaders(or co-leaders)employers, gaffers(British), gangers(British)micromanagerssubchiefs(or sub-chiefs), subdirectors(or sub-directors) dependents, inferiors, juniors, secondaries, subjects, subordinates, underlings to be in charge ofshe bossed that project for years, until she was promoted again captains, handles, heads, overlooks, oversees, quarterbacks, superintends, supervises administers, commands, controls, directs, guides, manages, orders, runs, shepherds, shows, steersmonitors, presides (over)governs, reigns, rules calls the shots (of), calls the tune (for), rides herd on, watches over to exercise authority or power overbossed the entire job site for a year captains, commands, controls, governs, presides (over), rules, sways(archaic) conducts, directs, heads, leadsadministers, manages, micromanages, oversees, regulates, superintends, supervisesdictates, dominates, domineers, lords (it over), masters, oppresses, reigns (over), tyrannizesconquers, subdues, subjugates to serve as leader ofbossed the entire gang of electricians on the construction project captains, commands, heads, leads, spearheads controls, dominatesdirects, governs, handles, manages, oversees, regulates, runs, superintends, supervises bows (to), complies (with), defers (to), follows, obeys, serves, submits (to), yields (to) |