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 Sorcinelli’s winning drama Balcanica revolves around the encounter between a conductor and his son who flee Afghanistan after music is banned and an Italian doctor that will spark life-changing choices. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026 The New York Philharmonic has kicked off its 2026-27 season with new conductor Gustavo Dudamel. — Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2026 Wachner had been once highly lauded as a musician who recorded over a dozen albums of his own and other composers' music, and had been twice-nominated for Grammy Awards as a conductor. — Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026 Rarely does anyone ask whether the conductor and the orchestra ever really learned the music the way it was intended to be played. — Larry Bomback, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for conductor

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Noun

In spite of that, though, there were certain scenes that, for me as a director, were so essential to the film.

— Antonio Ferme, Variety, 27 Sep. 2026
The burglar broke into the first floor of the director’s New York townhouse, scanned an array of expensive framed artworks on her wall and made their choice.

— Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of director

Noun

This is where a string of issues both with the city and drivers began.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 27 Sep. 2026
Instead of reaching out to typical Western researchers and scientists, Boyland and his team went to Africa and approached wildlife guides, drivers, photographers, and locals who saw wildlife daily.

— Addie Morfoot, Variety, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of driver

Noun

Besides the several covers of ‘90s-era pop music classics by the likes of INXS and Tina Turner, composer Nathan Matthew David has contributed an original soundtrack incorporating traditional Filipino and Indigenous instruments.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 20 Sep. 2026
The new incentive is aimed at bringing back jobs for the industry’s editors, sound mixers, composers and visual effects artists.

— Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of composer

Noun

For its part, Google, a major data center operator, has agreed to pay a premium for that new electricity as part of a new program Georgia Power submitted to state regulators late Monday afternoon.

— Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Most of those included a human safety operator behind the wheel in case the technology failed.

— Phil LeBeau,Meghan Reeder, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of operator

Noun

Presenter Zane Lowe has conducted loads of candid interviews with new and established musicians, and the company's Los Angeles studio has captured dozens of memorable performances for posterity.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Sep. 2026
The actress also made some cheeky comments amid the MGK rumors while speaking to Vogue for the October 2026 cover, admitting that does seem to keep ending up dating musicians.

— Meg Walters, InStyle, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of musician

Noun

The sun's intense flare-ups had put the telescope on a downward spiral faster than engineers anticipated.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
Researchers at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln have found evidence that could change how engineers view hafnium oxide in electronic devices.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of engineer

Noun

Instead of calling for calm and letting the justice system work, too many political leaders on the left and progressive social influencers either fanned the flames of unrest or failed to act until enormous damage was done.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
The leader of the FLDS is Warren Jeffs, who in 2011 was sentenced to life in prison in a case that received significant media attention.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of leader

Noun

George is listed as a Santa Rosa native in the school’s media guide and graduated from Montgomery High School in that city.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Christian Grose, a political science professor at the University of Southern California, said the campaigns recognized that additional campaign funding went farther in reaching voters than the guide itself.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026

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