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plural of gaffer
Synonyms & Antonyms of gaffers
1
as in patriarchs, graybeards
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for gaffers
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for gaffers
2
as in gangers
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for gaffers
- gangers
- [British]
- leadmen,
- managers,
- overseers,
- principals,
- skippers,
- standard-bearers,
- stewards,
- straw bosses,
- superintendents,
- superiors,
- supervisors
- overlords,
- potentates,
- rulers,
- sovereigns
- (also sovrans)
- bosses,
- boss men,
- captains,
- chiefs,
- foremen,
- forewomen,
- headmen,
- heads,
- helmsmen,
- honchos,
- jefes,
- kingpins,
- leaders,
- masters,
- mistresses,
- taskmasters,
- taskmistresses
- administrators,
- commanders,
- directors,
- employers,
- executives,
- generals,
- governors,
- hierarchs,
- higher-ups
- barons,
- czarinas
- (also tsarinas or tzarinas),
- czars
- (also tsars or tzars),
- kings,
- magnates,
- moguls,
- presidents,
- princes,
- princesses,
- queens
- coheads
- (or co-heads),
- coleaders
- (or co-leaders)
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