managerial

adjective

man·​a·​ge·​ri·​al ˌma-nə-ˈjir-ē-əl 

: of, relating to, or characteristic of management (as of a business) or a manager

managerial qualities/skills

a job that requires managerial experience

was hired for a managerial position

managerial problems

managerially

ˌma-nə-ˈjir-ē-ə-lē 

adverb

… wants all his employees to be able to think managerially, and he also wants to identify those with the potential to become good managers.

—Inc.

Synonyms of managerial

• administrative
• directorial

Examples of managerial in a Sentence

her managerial style is very direct and detail-oriented

Recent Examples on the Web

Much like a new employee, the agent must digest internal data and local rules, such as the threshold for when a purchase order requires managerial approval. —Bipul Sinha, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026

Meanwhile, at the top of madd, there were serious managerial problems. —Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026

Roberto Di Matteo’s time at Chelsea has a case to be one of the weirdest managerial spells of all time. —Nick Miller, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2026

Everyone wants to show him their work, from the hundreds of local Fijians who’ve taken on managerial roles in recent years to the OG craftspeople who’ve built Survivor sets around the world. —David Canfield, Vanity Fair, 20 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1758, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for managerial

• immaterial
• magisterial
• ministerial
• nonmaterial
• presbyterial
• antibacterial
• biomaterial
• mycobacterial
• arterial
• bacterial
• ethereal
• funereal