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 So far this year, employers — companies, nonprofits and government agencies — have added an average 61,000 jobs a month. — Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 The top 500 employers, ranked based on these results, were named Brazil's Best Employers 2026. — Charlotte Hu, Time, 26 Aug. 2026 These direct deals have grown in popularity nationwide because in exchange for more patients and faster payment, hospitals offer employers lower prices. — Alex Olgin, NPR, 26 Aug. 2026 Chalamet’s longtime manager Brian Swardstrom, a former UTA partner, is said to be content with the status quo (and there’s no love lost between Swardstrom and either his former employer WME or CAA, another source says). — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 26 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
  • However, the complaints alleged, administrators were unwilling to provide the dedicated aide.
    — Claire Sibonney, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Business and Enterprise administrators must enable access before individual members can choose to turn it on.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 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
  • During a news conference Wednesday, general manager Brian Gutekunst was asked if the Packers would need to add another running back in the event Jacobs faced charges and got suspended.
    — Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Brewers manager Pat Murphy had a discussion with third base umpire and crew chief Vic Carapazza in the third, when Misiorowski fell behind 2-0 on Francisco Alvarez following a walk to Morel.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of manager
Noun
  • This union was cemented by the BBC hiring former Google executive Matt Brittin as its director general.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
  • And that has worked to Newcastle’s benefit in their pursuit of an engine-room general.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of general
Noun
  • Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the steward of those bond buybacks, skipped this year’s conference ahead of G-20 talks in North Carolina.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The steward of this American treasure since the patriarch died in 2013, Jeanie Buss dug in her Christian Louboutin heels in a fight to keep her family in the hierarchy of the purple and gold.
    — Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of steward
Noun
  • But will the new Fed boss keep investors guessing on the central bank’s rate path and his views on the Treasury’s intervention in the bond market?
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The Rebels are likely to be favored when Golding hosts his former boss in Week 3.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of boss
Noun
  • Hoffenberg has insinuated that fellow Democrat Chris Getty, the Lyons Township supervisor, improperly accessed the video and had a hand in leaking information about the footage to Gorman.
    — Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The supervisors voted unanimously to advance the moratorium, and the crowd erupted.
    — Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of supervisor
Noun
  • Frank Lenk, director of economic research at the Mid-America Regional Council, said automotive goods are one of Kansas City’s largest exports, and many of those products go back and forth across the border with Canada.
    — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Tonette Mendoza, a former college player who is now the executive director of the Philippine Tennis Association, first saw a six-or-seven-year-old Eala play at a local tournament.
    — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of director

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“Employer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employer. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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