Foreman

//ˈfɔː(ɹ).mən//

Synonyms for "foreman" (54 found)

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Closest matches (11)

Strong matches (16)

Related words (27)

Noun(1 words)
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More general

4 entries

Related terms

3 entries

capable of

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derived

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derived from

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has context

5 entries

is a

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related to

9 entries

Translations

68 translations across 35 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • бригадир noun (leader of a work crew)
  • майстор noun (leader of a work crew)

Catalan

1 entries
  • capatàs noun (leader of a work crew)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 工头 noun (leader of a work crew)
  • 領班 /领班 noun (leader of a work crew)
  • 首席陪審員 /首席陪审员 noun (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf)

Czech

1 entries
  • předák noun (leader of a work crew)

Danish

4 entries
  • formand noun (leader of a work crew)
  • juryformand noun (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf)
  • sjakbajs noun (leader of a work crew)
  • værkfører noun (leader of a work crew)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • laborestro noun (leader of a work crew)

Estonian

1 entries
  • töödejuhataja noun (leader of a work crew)

Faroese

1 entries
  • formaður noun (leader of a work crew)

Finnish

2 entries
  • puheenjohtaja noun (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf)
  • työnjohtaja noun (leader of a work crew)

French

3 entries
  • chef noun (leader of a work crew)
  • chef d'équipe noun (leader of a work crew)
  • contremaître noun (leader of a work crew)

Galician

2 entries
  • capataz noun (leader of a work crew)
  • maioral noun (leader of a work crew)

German

4 entries
  • Polier noun (leader of a work crew)
  • Sprecher der Geschworenen noun (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf)
  • Sprecherin der Geschworenen noun (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf)
  • Vorarbeiter noun (leader of a work crew)

Greek

1 entries
  • εργοδηγός noun (leader of a work crew)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מנהל עבודה noun (leader of a work crew)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • művezető noun (leader of a work crew)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • päämees noun (leader of a work crew)
  • päänikka noun (leader of a work crew)

Irish

1 entries
  • maor noun (leader of a work crew)

Italian

2 entries
  • capoccia noun (leader of a work crew)
  • caposquadra noun (leader of a work crew)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 工場長 noun (leader of a work crew)
  • 陪審長 noun (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf)

Khmer

1 entries
  • មេការ noun (leader of a work crew)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • палир noun (leader of a work crew)

Manx

1 entries
  • ard-ghooinney bingagh noun (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • arbeidsformann noun (leader of a work crew)
  • formann noun (leader of a work crew)
  • juryformann noun (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • arbeidsformann noun (leader of a work crew)
  • formann noun (leader of a work crew)
  • juryformann noun (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf)

Persian

2 entries
  • سخنگو noun (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf)
  • سرکارگر noun (leader of a work crew)

Polish

2 entries
  • kierownik budowy noun (leader of a work crew)
  • majster noun (leader of a work crew)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • capataz noun (leader of a work crew)

Romanian

1 entries
  • maistru noun (leader of a work crew)

Russian

4 entries
  • бригади́р noun (leader of a work crew)
  • ма́стер noun (leader of a work crew)
  • прора́б noun (leader of a work crew)
  • штейгер noun (leader of a work crew)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • maor noun (leader of a work crew)
  • maor-obrach noun (leader of a work crew)

Slovak

1 entries
  • predák noun (leader of a work crew)

Spanish

4 entries
  • capataz noun (leader of a work crew)
  • obrajero noun (leader of a work crew)
  • presidenta del jurado noun (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf)
  • presidente del jurado noun (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf)

Swedish

4 entries
  • förman noun (leader of a work crew)
  • juryordförande noun (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf)
  • lagbas noun (leader of a work crew)
  • ordförande noun (member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf)

Turkish

1 entries
  • ustabaşı noun (leader of a work crew)

Western Apache

1 entries
  • nantʼán noun (leader of a work crew)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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Mum, a mere woman surrounded by men, works in a construction company as a site foreman.

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Tom was promoted to foreman.

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The foreman docked me an hour's pay for getting to work late.

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Let me speak with the foreman.

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