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employer

noun

Definition of employernext
as in administrator
a person or company that has people who do work for wages or a salary; a person or company that has employees It was the employer's responsibility to improve workplace safety. Your travel expenses should be paid for by your employer.

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Recent Examples of employer Excludes allowances, employer superannuation, travel and vehicles. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026 The Star attempted to contact Sanctuary Lawrence and Sanchez-Corona’s employer multiple times and did not receive responses. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2026 Painter said the law is designed to make sure that people don't, for example, leave Wall Street for a lower-paying job with the Treasury Department but get extra money from their former employers. — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026 Teachers or employers may conclude that the student or employee is fine. — Michael Okun, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for employer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for employer
  1. administrator
  2. executive
  3. manager
  4. general
  5. steward
  6. boss
  7. supervisor
  8. director
Noun
  • The project is currently on track to be considered at a zoning administrator meeting in early 2027.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Commission on Elections Chairman Erwin Garcia reported that Cotabato City has been put under the commission’s control, with an administrator to be designated after a shooting late Sunday killed three people and injured 15 others.
    — Teresa Cerojano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of administrator
Noun
  • Nana Menya Ayensu is an energy strategy and infrastructure technology investment executive and a former White House special assistant to the President on Climate Policy, Finance, and Innovation.
    — Nana Menya Ayensu, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Unions serve as a vital counterbalance in an economy where corporate profits and executive salaries often overshadow the needs of the workforce.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of executive
Noun
  • If a manager requests an update while someone at home needs help, don’t try to satisfy both through vague reassurance.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2026
  • That page also outlines how the agency helped emergency managers assess the damage in New York City just after the attacks and discusses some of the ways NASA has honored 9/11 victims and their families over the years.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of manager
Noun
  • In other developments, Ukraine's parliament voted to dismiss Ruslan Kravchenko from the post of prosecutor general Tuesday.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
  • As strikes hit multiple Ukrainian regions and Russia’s Belgorod, Zelensky disputes claims of an energy-infrastructure truce while Moscow decorates a Baltic Sea ship captain and confirms a general’s death.
    — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of general
Noun
  • As stewards of the largest contiguous open space on Aquidneck Island, our biggest challenge is scale.
    — Will Richmond, The Providence Journal, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Much to the stewards’ relief, no pitch encroachment took place.
    — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of steward
Noun
  • Ahead of being presented with the award, the animation boss sat down with Deadline to talk about his work, and tease some of what’s next.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Bertrand is a hands-on boss, and even when relaxing by the pool or doing a little skeet shooting, a worried one.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of boss
Noun
  • Medical contractor supervisors confirmed that Sims was not prescribed the medication at the time and that it was not documented as having been administered, investigators said.
    — CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Clarify priorities with a supervisor during a calm moment today.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of supervisor
Noun
  • This is an exciting step forward for Eisenberg the director, who had a breakthrough a couple of years ago with the lovely A Real Pain, which earned co-star Kieran Culkin an Academy Award.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The school’s athletic director told Front Office Sports last month Tarleton has had conversations with multiple FBS leagues and wants to move up within the next five years.
    — Manny Navarro, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of director

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“Employer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employer. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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