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 The platform offers a window into how earning a living can increasingly be assembled from different sources rather than tied entirely to one employer. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026 Critical thinking, communication, and collaboration still regularly top NACE's lists of skills employers look for in entry-level workers, VanDerziel says, so young employees should focus on developing those skills as well. — Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026 Additional training could be provided by the employers of security staff. — Rick Pozniak, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2026 Even as Medicare has launched coverage of GLP-1's for older adults, some employers and insurers are balking at paying for these expensive medications. — Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 20 Aug. 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
  • She was succeeded by Peevy, who previously worked as an athletics administrator at Kentucky and a media relations director for the Southeastern Conference.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The bets were small, committed to memory to avoid scrutiny from teachers and administrators, with pots of around $20 settled at the end of the week.
    — Ben Paviour August 17, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of administrator
Noun
  • But most industry executives believe the quickest route to launching eVTOL service is to upgrade today’s helicopter infrastructure with charging systems.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2026
  • For executives, that fortress includes the systems surrounding their decisions and the biological capacity supporting them.
    — Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of executive
Noun
  • Former Rolling Stone writer and longtime Bruce Springsteen manager Jon Landau paid tribute to his longtime friend and colleague Dave Marsh following his death at 76.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The Noise Pereira, a former client relationship manager, knows the value of exposure to success.
    — Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of manager
Noun
  • The video, released by Ukraine’s prosecutor general, clearly shows a person in a black bucket hat, a lose dark jumper and a large white tote bag, walking up the street and placing a black backpack on the doorstep of Yermolaiev’s home.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Ecuador’s government shared that Michele Sensi-Contugi, director-general of the Ecuadorian Strategic Intelligence Center, and his wife, Stephany Hollihan, were among the dead passengers.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of general
Noun
  • As stewards of the nation’s economic policy and its financial markets, Treasury secretaries have often been forced to intervene in moments of crisis.
    — Christopher Anstey, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Five or ten years from now, someone else is going to be the steward of it.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of steward
Noun
  • Under Ellison and new big screen bosses in the form of Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein, everyone expected changes to be made at the studios of the new Paramount Skydance.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026
  • His confidence was bust last season Hi James, from what the boss said in the press conference, Jones wanted out.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of boss
Noun
  • His company serves as a representative for songs when music supervisors look to place them in movies.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Nearly all dorms have an RA (resident advisor) or dorm supervisor.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of supervisor
Noun
  • The orchestra and management have had strained relations since BSO decided in March to force out music director Andris Nelsons next summer after 13 seasons.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The story of modern Tottenham has been the story of near-constant resets, relaunches, rethinks, restructures, reboots, reviews and even returns, in the case of Fabio Paratici’s three months back as a co-sporting director last season.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of director

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