CONDUCTOR Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

conductor

noun

Definition of conductor

as in director

a person who directs a musical ensemble The orchestra thanked their conductor for pulling together such a memorable performance.

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as in driver

a person who collects money or fares on a train or bus She asked the train's conductor when they would arrive at the next station.

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Recent Examples of conductor Their solution replaces traditional solid conductors with hollow ones, allowing coolant to flow through the wire itself. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026 Architect Renzo Piano contributes a foreword, as does conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen, who worked closely with Frank Gehry on the design of Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles. — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 When the team was restarting the power plant, a power cable feeding the refrigerant pump also failed when an imperfection in the cable casing allowed seawater to seep in and short two of the electrical conductors. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026 Unlike the Vienna Philharmonic, which has no music director and engages only guest conductors, Berlin is led by a single musician with a distinct personality. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for conductor

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Noun

Vance Tsuda, the system's project director, said there hasn't been a single crash or injury associated with automation.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
For this latest special occasion, the designer opted to wear a red leopard print set from her namesake label’s Fall 2026 collection by its new artistic director Henry Zankov, who was also in attendance.

— Ariel Bielsky, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of director

Noun

The two adults on the bus, a male driver and a female aide, were taken to a local hospital with what appeared to be minor injuries, officials said.

— Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2026
Other drivers often cited for such increases include a rise in overall medical care costs and general inflation, and labor shortages.

— Julie Appleby, NPR, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of driver

Noun

Unlike the composer’s typically massive, sprawling drones, these pieces for pipe organ—accompanied by guitarist Stephen O’Malley and cellist Lucy Railton—are finely filigreed miniatures.

— Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026
The ceremony honors composers, songwriters, music supervisors and artists for their contributions to music in film, television, video games and other visual media.

— Isabelle Farina, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of composer

Noun

Luna pitched himself to county voters as a calmly effective operator who has brought down crime while building relationships with local, state and federal leaders that suffered under his predecessor’s tenure.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
If power fails or core temperatures rise, the system shuts down and the liquid fuel salt drains by gravity into passive dump tanks without operator action.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of operator

Noun

Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities (RAMPD), founded by musicians Lachi and Gaelynn Lea, hopes to help change that.

— Maribeth Romslo, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026
For those left behind, including all those musicians, opportunity was no longer an option.

— George Diaz, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of musician

Noun

Together, these developments enable engineers to improve performance, capacity, and efficiency across modern electronics.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Arizona resident Jay Pea, a former software engineer and the founder of the nonprofit Save Standard Time, also wants to put an end to the twice-annual clock adjustments.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

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City leaders see the measure as a way to make housing more accessible to young families and boost declining enrollment in the Davis Joint Unified School District, which is weighing school closures.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Luna pitched himself to county voters as a calmly effective operator who has brought down crime while building relationships with local, state and federal leaders that suffered under his predecessor’s tenure.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of leader

Noun

Cytopoint injections can cost roughly $50 to $200 per treatment, while monthly Librela injections are estimated at about $65 to $250 depending ⁠on dog size, according to pricing guides published by Vety, MarketWatch and SpectrumCare.

— Reuters, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2026
Perhaps the map on the frontispiece is not just an aid for reading, but a suggestion that the book itself is a kind of guide, showing us a path toward a tolerance and civic engagement that seem as threatened as Grouse County’s fields and farms.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026

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