DIRECTORSHIP Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

directorship

noun

Definition of directorship

as in chieftainship

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Recent Examples of directorship In 2024, Mayor Cherelle Parker rebranded the Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy as Creative Philadelphia, and turned its directorship into a cabinet position with a seat at the mayor’s table. — News Desk, Artforum, 29 Oct. 2026 Almost three decades later, Jil Sander, now under the creative directorship of Simone Bellotti, and Puma are back together again. — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026 That's because the legacy news program is under a mandate for updates and change under the new directorship of executive producer Nick Bilton. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026 This year is the first under the directorship of Kelly Cornell, who also runs the Dallas Art Fair and brought some exhibitors from that event to the breathtaking mountain setting. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 30 July 2026 Our conversation touched on every stage of Sarah’s career, from her days as a student journalist to her current directorship of Yale’s investigative reporting lab. — Literary Hub, 28 July 2026 Wright Pinson took the directorship, and the founding chapter closed. — Bill Frist, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 The two men met when García was teaching at LaSalle College of the Arts and discovered Robot Playground Media, recognized something in each other’s approach to the medium, and eventually formalized their partnership into a co-directorship. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 June 2026 The legacy of rules dates back to 1972, initially shaped by choreographer Texie Waterman and expanded during Suzanne Mitchell's directorship from 1976 to 1989. — Maddie Garfinkle, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026

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Noun

At the very top is a flybridge with a single central helm, a bar, a lounge, a forward daybed, and a hardtop.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2026
He was also named to the creative helm of Canada Goose in 2024.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of helm

Noun

These chapters exist under the headship of the National Students for Justice in Palestine, who distributed a toolkit identifying themselves as part of the Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.

— Jeremiah Poff, Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2023
If people question the absolute infallibility of scripture, perhaps favoring a more literary or historical approach, then the case for male headship collapses.

— Audrey Clare Farley, The New Republic, 3 Jan. 2022

Definition of headship

Noun

Those seats may not be decided for days, and would represent the potential 55th and 56th seats of a Democratic majority — the largest since the first two years of Barack Obama’s presidency.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2026
In the 1994 midterms, when Bill Clinton’s presidency was bludgeoned half to death by the Newt Gingrich revolution, The New Yorker’s Michael Kelly described the punch-drunk shock inside the White House.

— Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of presidency

Noun

Carvalho’s later Form 700s — for the entire period of his superintendency — are nearly blank.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
The fallout In the aftermath of the UFT’s formal notice, a letter campaign was launched that asked Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels not to appoint Lynch-Reyes to the permanent superintendency.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026

Definition of superintendency

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