BOSSING Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

bossing

verb

present participle of boss

as in supervising

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

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as in governing

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

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as in commanding

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

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Recent Examples of bossing Peddling her body since the age of 12, Bambi now lives and works on her own terms, naming her worth and selecting her clients without anyone bossing her around. — Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 10 July 2026 England was bossing the game up front at 27-17 until Genge was sin-binned and France pounced. — ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026 Sun Ra was simultaneously impish and imperious, bossing us with wiggles of his hands. — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bossing

Verb

Filmiki’s Nikolas Alavanos is co-producer with Steve Solomos as supervising producer.

— Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026
Hartman has worked for Johnson Brothers Maverick beverage distribution company for a few years now, and has experience supervising the bar at The Adolphus Hotel.

— Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of supervising

Verb

To achieve this, the locus coeruleus continuously alternates between tonic activity—governing baseline arousal and alertness—and brief phasic bursts that focus attention on critical events.

— Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
The petitioners — Anthony Hernandez, Mary Jo Adams Hermann and an anonymous parent — claim the Sacramento school violated Catholic canon law, the church’s system of laws governing its institutions and members.

— Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of governing

Verb

The Astros scored three in the first, one in the second, and two more in the fourth to take what seemed to be a commanding 6-0 lead.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Comedy is a leading category across international markets as well, ranking at the top in countries like Germany and commanding massive shares in the UK.

— Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of commanding

Verb

Walton Johnson, who began at the clerk of courts office overseeing its online Self-Help Center, pledged to install kiosks at the Orange County Courthouse and its surrounding branches to cut down on wait times.

— Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026
Tom Ackerley, Bronte Payne and Kelly McRedmond are overseeing the project for LuckyChap.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of overseeing

Verb

Donald had been kidnapped, beaten and killed by klansmen in retaliation for the killing of a police officer – a crime Donald had no involvement in – and to intimidate Black jurors from ruling in favor of Black defendants.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
The ruling pro-presidential Adilet party is widely predicted to win an overwhelming majority, with several smaller parties loyal to Tokayev also anticipated to enter parliament.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of ruling

Verb

While no group has claimed responsibility, Marisks assessed that Houthi involvement was the leading conclusion.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
San Francisco entered the bottom of the eighth inning leading 2-0, but reliever Carson Seymour allowed the tying runs to reach base when Mickey Gasper hit a leadoff double, then Nick Sogard followed by drawing a walk.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of leading

Verb

That gives the new processor a path into systems handling large transaction-processing and data-intensive workloads.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Aug. 2026
Such transformers are physically smaller and lighter than conventional transformers, have modular designs that enable easy upgrades or replacements of parts, and can perform as all-in-one power electronic devices by handling multiple tasks.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of handling

Verb

Epic sued Apple after the iPhone maker removed Fortnite from the App Store, accusing the company of illegally controlling the way apps were distributed and payments were processed on iPhones.

— Jeffrey Kopp, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026
The measure would generally make the date of the federal disaster declaration—not the payment date—controlling in determining eligibility for qualifying wildfire payments.

— Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026