Boss

/bÉ’s/

Synonyms for "boss" (420 found)

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Closest matches (84)

Strong matches (126)

Related words (210)

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Verb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)

Related word relations

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

6 relation types

More general

24 entries
administrationanatomical featureauthorityauthority figurebone prominencecompetencecontrolemployerexpertiseimpressimprintinformal adjectiveleaderleadership rolemanagementpol

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More specific

20 entries
administrationarmor bosscommandcompetencedepartment headdirectiondopefrontal bossinstructionmasteryoccipital bossornamental bossoversightplant supervisorproject supervisorprowess

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Collocations

16 entries
authoritative controlboss algorithmboss cultureboss figureboss levelboss metricboss moveboss performancecommand presencedirective leadershipmanagement authoritynew bossoffice bossold bossstrict supervisionthe boss

Inflections

5 entries
bossedbossesbossingmore bossmost boss

Derivations

8 entries

similar

1 entries

Sample sentences

30 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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

Source: tatoeba (20777)

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

Source: tatoeba (29704)

You talk as if you were the boss.

Source: tatoeba (32318)

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

Source: tatoeba (33431)

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