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captainsnounpl. of captain a person in overall command of a shipthe captain is responsible for everything that happens to his ship in the course of a voyage one in official command especially of a military force or basethe captain of the largest army ever marshaled for battle in this country the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to dowe only do what the captain tells us to, so it's not our fault when things don't work out bosses, boss men, 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 a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular fielda fascinating magazine article profiling the captains of the American auto industry barons, czars(also tsars or tzars), kings, lions, lords, magnates, moguls, monarchs, Napoleons, princes, tycoons big boys, big cheeses, bigfeet(or bigfoots), biggies, big guns, big shots, big wheels, bigwigs, fat cats, figures, heavies, heavyweights, honchos, kahunas, main men, movers and shakers, nabobs, nawabs, notables, personages, pooh-bahs(also poo-bahs), supremos(chiefly British), VIPscelebrities, personalities, stars, superstarsdeities, demigods, gods half-pints, lightweights, small-timersinferiors, subordinates, underlingsnobodies, zeros(also zeroes) captainsverbpresent tense third-person singular of captainto be in charge ofif you do well on this, you'll be asked to captain the next mission bosses, 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 overcaptained the project for a few days while the boss was out of town bosses, 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 ofyou did a good job of captaining the team bosses, 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) |