BOSSED Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

bossed 1 of 2

adjective

as in chased

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bossed

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verb

past tense of boss

as in supervised

to be in charge of she bossed that project for years, until she was promoted again

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as in ruled

to exercise authority or power over bossed the entire job site for a year

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as in led

to serve as leader of bossed the entire gang of electricians on the construction project

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Recent Examples of bossed

Verb

After a raft of changes for both teams at half-time and more throughout the second half, City bossed the remainder of the game but saw Ryan McAidoo hit the post after a nice dribble, and Victor Reis hit the bar with a header. — Sam Lee, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026 Pop trends For the last several years, girls bossed the pop charts. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026 He is getting bossed around by grandma throughout the entire movie. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025 Though Mayweather bossed the bout while appearing to go half-speed, no winner was declared. — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025 Winning every one of his duels, creating one chance, delivering eight crosses and registering three successful tackles is a neat summary of how Cardona bossed the left flank pretty much on his own. — Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bossed

Adjective

After Yancy witnesses the murder of Florida’s finest fixer, an ambitious state attorney teams him up with a strait-laced forensic accountant to solve the crime.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026
As Jackie begins to slip in her grades, studies, role in the student body and track performance, criticism is directed at Cole for being a negative influence on the normally straight-laced teen.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of laced

Verb

The following year, he was sentenced to 188 months, nearly 16 years, in prison, with five years supervised release.

— Emily Trainham, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Just north of Hartley Road in Eagle, there are 440 acres of public land currently supervised by the Bureau of Land Management.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of supervised

Verb

The case, now officially ruled a homicide, has drawn national scrutiny for echoing Mississippi’s history of lynchings, as police say suspect Jarques Ratliff knew Fortune and warn more arrests are likely.

— Sophie Bates, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Weiss ruled that the open-carry arrest alone wasn’t evidence the gun was used irresponsibly.

— Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of ruled

Verb

For all of the franchise’s misadventures, the Mets — led by ones who were there for that sad September in 2001 — get this right.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Now, a team led by Ron Folman, a physicist at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, with collaborators in Germany, the UK, and the US, including Nobel laureate Roger Penrose, has done it.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of led

Adjective

Today, Hill is wearing a royal blue cowboy hat with matching eyeglass frames, and her store is stocked to the rafters with colorful dresses, vests, fringed jackets, hats, and homewares.

— Christine Lennon, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026
Related Parton arrived at the new travel center in a whimsical blue-and-pink fringed outfit and took part in the ribbon-cutting ceremony, greeting the crowd gathered for the occasion.

— Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of fringed

Verb

Nate Jaros, vice president of animal care at the aquarium, said this is one of the largest hauls the aquarium has handled in years.

— John Donegan LONG BEACH POST, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
Policies renew, claims get handled, and leadership moves on to more immediate financial priorities.

— Randy Sadler, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of handled

Verb

On the technical side, is the data trusted and governed, and are security, observability and auditability actually in place, or assumed?

— Rajesh Gharpure, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Big Deal Deloitte's Finance Trends 2027 report explores how finance leaders are increasingly operating in a dual role, leading not only transformation within finance teams, but also shaping how enterprise-wide tech and AI investments are governed.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of governed

Verb

Underwood, the five-star recruit from the Detroit area who commanded a multimillion-dollar name, image and likeness deal to sign with Michigan, had completed only 11 passes before getting a last-second reprieve.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Specifically, the defense contended that Clancy heard a male voice that commanded her to kill her three children.

— Michael Ruiz , Adam Sabes , Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026