Governor

//ˈɡʌv(ə)nə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "governor" (192 found)

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Closest matches (39)

Strong matches (57)

Related words (96)

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More general

3 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

8 entries

capable of

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coordinate

6 entries

defined as

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derived

16 entries

has context

3 entries

is a

7 entries

related to

24 entries

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Translations

167 translations across 86 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • goewerneur noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • κυβερνήτης noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • ἀρχηγέτης noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Arabic

3 entries
  • حَاكِم noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • مُحَافِظ noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • وَالٍ noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Armenian

1 entries
  • նահանգապետ noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • hakim noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • qubernator noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Basque

1 entries
  • gobernadore noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • губерна́тар noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • губерна́тарка noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • губэрна́тар noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • губэрна́тарка noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Bengali

1 entries
  • রাজ্যপাল noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • राज्यपाल noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • губерна́тор noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • губерна́торка noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • регула́тор noun (device which regulates or controls)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဘုရင်ခံ noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Catalan

2 entries
  • governador noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • regulador noun (device which regulates or controls)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • bwanamkubwa noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Chickasaw

1 entries
  • minko' noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 州長 /州长 noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • 省長 /省长 noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Coptic

2 entries
  • ⲉⲡⲁⲣⲭⲟⲥ noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • ⲡⲁⲅⲁⲣⲭⲟⲥ noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Czech

3 entries
  • guvernér noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • guvernérka noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • regulátor noun (device which regulates or controls)

Danish

1 entries
  • guvernør noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Dutch

2 entries
  • gouverneur noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • regelaar noun (device which regulates or controls)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • gubernatoro noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • guberniento noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • guberniestro noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • guberniestro noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Estonian

2 entries
  • kuberner noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • valitsejer noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Faroese

1 entries
  • guvernørur noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Finnish

4 entries
  • herra noun (informal: term of address to a man)
  • johtokunnan jäsen noun (member of a decision-making body for some organizations)
  • kuvernööri noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • pomo noun (informal: boss, employer)

French

2 entries
  • gouverneur noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • gouverneure noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Galician

1 entries
  • gobernador noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Georgian

4 entries
  • გუბერნატორი noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • კატაბანი noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • მმართველი noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • რეგულატორი noun (device which regulates or controls)

German

3 entries
  • Gouverneur noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • Gouverneurin noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • Regler noun (device which regulates or controls)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌽𐍃 noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Greek

1 entries
  • κυβερνήτης noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Hausa

1 entries
  • gwamna noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • kiaʻaina noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מוֹשֵׁל noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Hindi

3 entries
  • गवर्नर noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • राज्यपाल noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • हाकिम noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • kormányzó noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • fylkisstjóri noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • guvernör noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • landstjóri noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • ríkisstjóri noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • gubernur noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • gubernaattori noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • حاکِم noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • فَرْمانْدار noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • والی noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Irish

1 entries
  • gobharnóir noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Italian

2 entries
  • governatore noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • governatrice noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 知事 noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • 調整器 noun (device which regulates or controls)
  • 調速機 noun (device which regulates or controls)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • губернатор noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ទេសាភិបាល noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • អភិបាល noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Korean

3 entries
  • 도지사 noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • 주지사 noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • 지사 noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • губернатор noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Lao

2 entries
  • ເຈົ້າເມືອງ noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • ເຈົ້າແຂວງ noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Latin

2 entries
  • gubernātor noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • gubernātrīx noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Latvian

2 entries
  • gubernators noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • valdnieks noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • gubernatorius noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • valdytojas noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • губернатор noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Malay

1 entries
  • gabenor noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Marathi

1 entries
  • राज्यपाल noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Middle English

1 entries
  • governour noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • захирагч noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • удирдагч noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • ᠤᠳᠤᠷᠢᠳᠤᠭᠴᠢ noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • ᠵᠠᠬᠢᠷᠤᠭᠴᠢ noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Māori

1 entries
  • kāwana noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Navajo

1 entries
  • naatʼáanii noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • parêzgar noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • walî noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • (on Svalbard) sysselmann noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • guvernør noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • (on Svalbard) sysselmann noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • guvernør noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • odaake-ogimaa noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Oromo

1 entries
  • bulchaa noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Pashto

2 entries
  • حاکم noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • والي noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Polish

2 entries
  • gubernator noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • guwerner noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • governador noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • governadora noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • regulador noun (device which regulates or controls)

Romanian

3 entries
  • guvernant noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • guvernator noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • regulator noun (device which regulates or controls)

Russian

2 entries
  • губерна́тор noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • регуля́тор noun (device which regulates or controls)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • riaghladair noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • rianadair noun (device which regulates or controls)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • guvèrnēr noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • гувѐрне̄р noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Slovak

1 entries
  • guvernér noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Slovene

1 entries
  • guverner noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Sotho

1 entries
  • mmusi noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Spanish

2 entries
  • gobernador noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • gobernadora noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Swahili

1 entries
  • liwali noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Swedish

3 entries
  • centrifugalregulator noun (device which regulates or controls)
  • guvernör noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • regulator noun (device which regulates or controls)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • gobernador noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Tajik

4 entries
  • волӣ noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • губернатор noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • фармондор noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • ҳоким noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Taos

1 entries
  • tòbúna (of pueblo) noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Tarifit

1 entries
  • řɛamiř noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Tatar

2 entries
  • вали noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • губернатор noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Thai

1 entries
  • ผู้ว่าราชการ noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Turkish

3 entries
  • guvernör noun (member of a decision-making body for some organizations)
  • ilbay noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • vali noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • gubernator noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • häkim noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • губерна́тор noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • губерна́торка noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • регуля́тор noun (device which regulates or controls)

Urdu

3 entries
  • حاکِم noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • والی noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • گَوَرْنَر noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • gubernator noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • hokim noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • voli noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • thống sử noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)
  • thống đốc noun (chief executive officer of first-level division of a country)

Sample sentences

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Everybody wished he had been elected governor.

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The prefectural governor got the upper hand in the July elections.

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I ran for the governor.

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The governor appeared on TV in person.

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