What does "managerial" mean?

Of or relating to a manager or management; involving management-like duties.

What is a synonym for "managerial"?

Common synonyms include: agential, agentival, agentive, chief, commanding, controlling.

Pronounced //ˌmænɪˈd͡ʒɪəɹi.əl//.

//ˌmænɪˈd͡ʒɪəɹi.əl// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Adjective

1
Of or relating to a manager or management; involving management-like duties.
"As I crisscrossed managerial circles in different corporations, becoming known in some segments of the corporate world and running into managers that I had met in the course of my search, often in odd places, my personal contacts increased as managers referred me to each other."

Adjective

1
of or relating to the function or responsibility or activity of management wordnet

"He was advanced to a managerial post."

From manager + -ial.

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