GAFFERS Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

gaffers

noun

plural of gaffer

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Noun

The patriarchs of élite white families banded together, organizing secret paramilitaries that could be activated on a moment’s notice.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 3 July 2026
Sometimes finding the right trees can be an adventure, hiking into forests and mountains to find the oldest trees, patriarchs that hold centuries of information.

— Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 28 June 2026

Definition of patriarchs

Noun

Few high-profile managers embraced the ‘suffering’ mantra to the same degree as Italian coach Antonio Conte.

— Colin Millar, New York Times, 19 July 2026
The SpaceX offering featured twenty-three banks, a crew that ranged from the aforementioned giants to asset managers Bernstein and Mirae of South Korea.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 18 July 2026

Definition of managers

Noun

Something, oh, like a roly-poly, 73-year-old manager tumbling ass over teakettle, as the old-timers say, when a bat thrown by Vladimir Guerrero clipped his left hip.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 13 July 2026
The three-wheelers are a far cry from the old-timers that only a year ago cruised the streets spewing clouds of black smoke.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026

Definition of old-timers

Noun

That gives local supervisors of elections time to prepare voters, and voters time to familiarize themselves with new districts and candidates.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2026
According to Embry, the Centre Station Post Office is remotely managed, with supervisors typically stationed at the larger Arden Branch a mile and a half away.

— Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of supervisors

Noun

Now, thanks entirely to Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the scales are tipping back towards the geriatrics.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 24 June 2026
Raya Elfadel Kheirbek is a professor of medicine and chief of the division of palliative medicine and geriatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

— Raya Elfadel Kheirbek, Washington Post, 17 May 2026

Definition of geriatrics

Noun

These voices say the move allows an outgoing governor to cement control over education for years, limiting the ability of future superintendents to counterbalance the governor’s agenda.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
That afternoon, an email from CDE chief deputy superintendents Dave Schapira and Ingrid Robertson announced that employees could work remotely through that Friday, June 5.

— Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of superintendents

Noun

But in an outward show of IP confidence with almost no Hollywood precedent, Universal’s corporate overseers decided to allocate theme-park real estate for How to Train Your Dragon in Epic Universe.

— Chris Lee, Vulture, 14 July 2026
The point is that these models demonstrated the ability to deceive their overseers in order to pursue hidden goals.

— Robert Wright, Fortune, 24 June 2026

Definition of overseers

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