What does "director" mean?

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).

What is a synonym for "director"?

Common synonyms include: conductor, administrator, agent, auteur, ballyhoo man, band leader.

Director

//dɪˈɹɛktɚ// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

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).
"Francis Gurry is director of WIPO."
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the person who leads a musical group wordnet
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A member of a board of directors.
"[...] the confusion between directors who know nothing and managers who know everything [...]."
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someone who controls resources and expenditures wordnet
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A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.

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someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show wordnet
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That which directs or orientates something.
"Installed longer flow director; it now just covers the entire diameter of the 6-in. brine return nozzle, and is 4 in. high […]"
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member of a board of directors wordnet
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A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.
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the person who directs the making of a film wordnet
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The common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal.
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A component of a Yagi–Uda antenna.