Boss

//bɒs//

Synonyms for "boss" (426 found)

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Closest matches (86)

Strong matches (127)

controller controlling convex convexity cool corking crackerjack cut glass dactylogram dactylograph dandy dean delicious dent dint direct director dominant dominate domineer

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Noun(19 words)

director employer footrest foreman gaffer geezer gov governor grand vizier guardian guv guvnor hassock head honcho head man higher-up hirer important person jefe

Verb(1 words)

emboss

Related words (213)

keep in order keynoter kingpin knot knur knurl laureate leader leading liege liege lord lip loop lord lord it over lord paramount low relief lump man higher up manage

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managing director marvy mask master mean medal medallion mistress mole monarch monitor most mountain neat nevus nifty nobby noncommissioned officer nonpareil nub nubbin nubble ok okay order about out of sight out of this world overlook overlord overman oversee overseeing overseer owner pad padrone papilloma paragon paramount party boss paterfamilias patriarch patron paw print pawmark peachy peachy-keen peg pimple plaquette policy maker predominant predominate prepollent preponderant preponderate prepotent president prevalent prexy principal print printing equipment proctor prodigy proprietor pug pugmark quarterback rabbi raise regnant regulating regulative regulatory reigning relief relievo rib ride herd on ridge ring ringleader ripping rough rough up roughen ruler ruling rum run sachem sahib scrumptious sculptured glass seal seigneur seignior senior shoulder sigil signet sirdar skipper slap-up slave driver smashing solid something else sovereign spiffing spiffy spine splendid stamp stand over standard bearer standard-bearer star starets step straw boss stud stunning style subforeman super superb superintend superintendent superman superstar supervise supervising supervisor supervisory supreme survey surveyor swell tab take care of take charge taskmaster teacher the greatest the most thumbmark thumbprint top top dog tough tubercle tubercule verruca vesicle vestige virtuoso visitor wale wart welt wizard

Noun(28 words)

king of the hill knob line manager ma'am macher master mate mistress muckamuck muckety muck mugwump numero uno old lady old man overseer party boss political boss sachem suit superintendent

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superior taoke top banana top gun towkay trouble waifu wife

Verb(2 words)

lord over stamp

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

17 relation types

More general

11 entries

employer impress imprint leader person pol political leader politician politico projection supervisor

More specific

13 entries

CEO chief executive officer criminal leader executive executive officer floor manager foreman general manager line manager middle manager provost stage manager straw boss

Antonyms

1 entries

employee

Synonyms

5 entries

bruce springsteen emboss foreman knob party boss

Related terms

5 entries

associate employer important person officer ruler

at location

4 entries

business conference desk meeting

capable of

29 entries

advance employee's salary busy employee busy secretary busy workers consider giving raise control employee decide to fire demand hard work demand to see results except people from rule farm work out to underlings fire everyone fire pee ons fire subordinate fire white man force to work overtime

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causes desire

2 entries

illustrate point take care of proposals

coordinate

3 entries

ear eye tuberosity

derived

61 entries

Boss of the Plains antiboss boss about boss around boss battle boss bitch boss boy boss button boss fight boss head boss key boss rush boss up boss-eyed bossdom bossfight

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desires

3 entries

honest dependable employees more and more productivity from workers work

etymologically related_to

2 entries

bass beat

has context

11 entries

american archery architecture canadian geology humorous india liverpool mechanics slang video games

has property

1 entries

demanding

is a

4 entries

employer human leader person

related to

52 entries

around business captain chief company company chief control coworker cylinder district emboss employer enemy first rate group hassock

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similar

3 entries

manager superior

Translations

405 translations across 79 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

shef noun (person in charge)

Aleut

1 entries

tukux̂ noun (person in charge)

Arabic

4 entries

رَئِيس noun (supervisor)
رَئِيس noun (person in charge)
رَئِيسَة noun (supervisor)
رَئِيسَة noun (person in charge)

Armenian

1 entries

վերակացու noun (supervisor)

Asturian

1 entries

xefe noun (person in charge)

Baluchi

2 entries

سروک noun (supervisor)
سروک noun (person in charge)

Belarusian

4 entries

бос noun (supervisor)
галава́ noun (supervisor)
кіраўні́к noun (supervisor)
кіраўні́ца noun (supervisor)

Bulgarian

4 entries

бос noun (enemy in video game)
водител noun (head of a political party)
издатина noun (mechanics: a protrusion)
изпъкналост noun (mechanics: a protrusion)

Catalan

4 entries

botó noun (mechanics: a protrusion)
cap noun (supervisor)
cap noun (person in charge)
cap noun (leader, head of an organised team)

Chichewa

1 entries

bwana noun (person in charge)

Chinese

1 entries

頭家 /头家 noun (person in charge)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries

主管 noun (supervisor)
事頭 /事头 noun (supervisor)
大佬 noun (enemy in video game)
波士 noun (person in charge)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

boss noun (enemy in video game)
主管 noun (supervisor)
主管 noun (person in charge)
大佬 noun (head of a political party)

Crimean Tatar

2 entries

baş noun (person in charge)
baş noun (head of a political party)

Czech

2 entries

šéf noun (person in charge)
šéfka noun (person in charge)

Danish

3 entries

chef noun (person in charge)
hundse verb (to exercise authority over (someone))
koste verb (to exercise authority over (someone))

Dutch

4 entries

baas noun (supervisor)
baas noun (person in charge)
baas noun (enemy in video game)
bazin noun (person in charge)

Esperanto

4 entries

estro noun (supervisor)
estro noun (enemy in video game)
mastro noun (supervisor)
mastro noun (leader, head of an organised team)

Estonian

3 entries

boss noun (person in charge)
ülemus noun (supervisor)
ülemus noun (person in charge)

Finnish

4 entries

johtaja noun (person in charge)
johtaja noun (leader, head of an organised team)
johtaja noun (head of a political party)
loppuvastus noun (enemy in video game)

French

4 entries

boss noun (enemy in video game)
chef noun (supervisor)
chef noun (person in charge)
chef noun (leader, head of an organised team)

Friulian

1 entries

cap noun (person in charge)

Galician

2 entries

xefa noun (person in charge)
xefe noun (person in charge)

Georgian

4 entries

ბოსი noun (supervisor)
ბოსი noun (person in charge)
ზედამხედველი noun (supervisor)
ლიდერი noun (head of a political party)

German

4 entries

Abhängling noun (architecture: knob or protrusion)
Boss noun (enemy in video game)
Buckel noun (projection in centre of shield)
Bund noun (mechanics: a protrusion)

Greek

4 entries

αρχηγός noun (leader, head of an organised team)
αρχηγός noun (head of a political party)
αφεντικό noun (supervisor)
αφεντικό noun (person in charge)

Hebrew

4 entries

בּוֹס noun (supervisor)
בּוֹס noun (person in charge)
בּוֹסִית noun (supervisor)
בּוֹסִית noun (person in charge)

Hindi

2 entries

मालिक noun (supervisor)
मालिक noun (person in charge)

Hungarian

2 entries

fő ellenség noun (enemy in video game)
főnök noun (person in charge)

Hutterisch

1 entries

Wiet noun (supervisor)

Icelandic

1 entries

stjóri noun (person in charge)

Indonesian

1 entries

bos noun (person in charge)

Ingrian

4 entries

päämees noun (supervisor)
päämees noun (person in charge)
päänikka noun (supervisor)
päänikka noun (person in charge)

Interlingua

1 entries

chef noun (person in charge)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

رَئیس noun (supervisor)
مُدیر noun (supervisor)
مُدیر noun (person in charge)
کارْفَرْما noun (person in charge)

Irish

4 entries

bas noun (supervisor)
bas noun (person in charge)
mol noun (projection in centre of shield)
mol noun (mechanics: a protrusion)

Italian

4 entries

boss noun (enemy in video game)
bugna noun (architecture: knob or protrusion)
capo noun (supervisor)
capo noun (person in charge)

Japanese

4 entries

ボス noun (person in charge)
ボス noun (enemy in video game)
上司 noun (supervisor)
上司 noun (person in charge)

Jarai

1 entries

khua noun (person in charge)

K'iche'

1 entries

rajaw noun (person in charge)

Khmer

4 entries

ចាងហ្វាង noun (supervisor)
ចាងហ្វាង noun (person in charge)
ចៅហ្វាយ noun (supervisor)
ចៅហ្វាយ noun (person in charge)

Korean

4 entries

보스 noun (person in charge)
보스 noun (enemy in video game)
상관 noun (supervisor)
상사 noun (supervisor)

Lao

3 entries

ຕົ້ນ noun (supervisor)
ນາຽ noun (supervisor)
ເຈົ້ານາຍ noun (person in charge)

Latin

4 entries

domina noun (person in charge)
dominus noun (supervisor)
dominus noun (person in charge)
dominus noun (leader, head of an organised team)

Latvian

4 entries

vadītāja noun (supervisor)
vadītāja noun (person in charge)
vadītājs noun (supervisor)
vadītājs noun (person in charge)

Lithuanian

4 entries

vadovė noun (supervisor)
vadovė noun (person in charge)
vadõvas noun (supervisor)
vadõvas noun (person in charge)

Macedonian

4 entries

кралица noun (enemy in video game)
лидер noun (head of a political party)
раководител noun (supervisor)
раководител noun (person in charge)

Malay

1 entries

bos noun (person in charge)

Manx

4 entries

ard-er noun (supervisor)
ard-er noun (person in charge)
ard-er noun (leader, head of an organised team)
ard-ghooinney noun (supervisor)

Miami

1 entries

aahkohkinkia noun (supervisor)

Māori

1 entries

pāhi noun (person in charge)

Navajo

1 entries

bóhólníhígíí noun (person in charge)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

boss noun (enemy in video game)
boss noun (mechanics: a protrusion)
bøssing noun (mechanics: a protrusion)
sjef noun (person in charge)

Occitan

4 entries

cap noun (supervisor)
cap noun (person in charge)
capa noun (person in charge)
patron noun (person in charge)

Ojibwe

2 entries

ogimaa noun (person in charge)
ogimaa noun (leader, head of an organised team)

Old English

1 entries

randbēag noun (projection in centre of shield)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

رئیس noun (person in charge)
رئیس noun (leader, head of an organised team)
قوجه noun (person in charge)
قوجه noun (leader, head of an organised team)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

Bauss noun (supervisor)
Bauss noun (person in charge)

Polish

4 entries

brosza noun (architecture: knob or protrusion)
brygadzista noun (supervisor)
kierowniczka noun (supervisor)
kierownik noun (supervisor)

Portuguese

4 entries

bossa noun (projection in centre of shield)
capataz noun (supervisor)
chefe noun (supervisor)
chefe noun (person in charge)

Romanian

3 entries

boss noun (enemy in video game)
șef noun (person in charge)
șefă noun (person in charge)

Romansch

2 entries

schef noun (person in charge)
scheffa noun (person in charge)

Russian

4 entries

босс noun (supervisor)
босс noun (person in charge)
босс noun (enemy in video game)
вождь noun (head of a political party)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

ceannard noun (supervisor)
ceannard noun (person in charge)
ceannard noun (leader, head of an organised team)
ceannard noun (head of a political party)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

gȁzda noun (person in charge)
га̏зда noun (person in charge)

Slovak

2 entries

šéf noun (person in charge)
šéfka noun (person in charge)

Slovene

2 entries

šef noun (person in charge)
šefica noun (person in charge)

Spanish

4 entries

botón noun (mechanics: a protrusion)
capo noun (leader, head of an organised team)
jefa noun (supervisor)
jefa noun (person in charge)

Swahili

1 entries

bwana noun (person in charge)

Swedish

4 entries

bas noun (supervisor)
boss noun (supervisor)
boss noun (enemy in video game)
chef noun (supervisor)

Tajik

3 entries

мудир noun (supervisor)
мудир noun (person in charge)
сардор noun (person in charge)

Thai

4 entries

นาย noun (supervisor)
นาย noun (person in charge)
นายงาน noun (supervisor)
นายจ้าง noun (supervisor)

Turkish

4 entries

amir noun (person in charge)
müdür noun (person in charge)
patron noun (person in charge)
patron noun (leader, head of an organised team)

Ukrainian

4 entries

бос noun (supervisor)
голова́ noun (supervisor)
керівни́к noun (supervisor)
керівни́ця noun (supervisor)

Urdu

2 entries

مالِک noun (supervisor)
مالِک noun (person in charge)

Uzbek

3 entries

boshliq noun (person in charge)
rahbar noun (person in charge)
sardor noun (person in charge)

Vietnamese

4 entries

sếp noun (person in charge)
thủ trưởng noun (supervisor)
trùm noun (enemy in video game)
ông chủ noun (supervisor)

Western Apache

3 entries

nantʼán noun (supervisor)
nantʼán noun (person in charge)
nantʼán noun (head of a political party)

Záparo

2 entries

akamínu noun (supervisor)
akamínu noun (person in charge)

Sample sentences

30 total sentences available.

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I thought our boss was stubborn as a mule but actually he has his cute side.

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Lisa, this is Mr Murata. He's my boss.

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You talk as if you were the boss.

Source: tatoeba (32318)

The boss could not approve of what one of his men did.

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