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captain
Synonyms and Antonyms of captain
- The captain is responsible for everything that happens to the ship in the course of a voyage.
- the captain of the largest army ever marshaled for battle in this country
commander in chief
- We only do what the captain tells us to, so it's not our fault when things don't work out.
administrator, commander, director, executive, general, governor, hierarch, higher-up
leadman, manager, overseer, principal, skipper, standard-bearer, steward, straw boss, superintendent, superior, supervisor
dominator, lord, overlord, potentate, ruler, sovereign (also sovran)
baron, czar (also tsar), king, magnate, mogul, president, prince
- a fascinating magazine article profiling the captains of the American auto industry
captain
Synonyms and Antonyms of captain
- If you do well on this, you'll be asked to captain the next mission.
call the shots (of), call the tune (for), ride herd on, watch over
- captained the project for a few days while the boss was out of town
- You did a good job of captaining the team.
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