Synonyms of headman

headman

noun

as in leader

the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do

as headman at the newspaper 20 years ago, he hired the then-promising young reporter who won this year's Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leader
• foreman
• boss
• chief
• captain
• master
• commander
• manager
• director
• head
• lord
• overseer
• administrator
• superintendent
• honcho
• helmsman
• supervisor
• kingpin
• jefe
• taskmaster
• executive
• president
• governor
• boss man
• principal
• steward
• king
• mistress
• skipper
• ruler
• general
• leadman
• overlord
• baron
• prince
• potentate
• directress
• czar
• employer
• tsar
• figurehead
• dominator
• straw boss
• magnate
• superior
• sovereign
• hierarch
• mogul
• standard-bearer
• higher-up
• top dog
• big gun
• sovran
• bigwig
• tzar
• gaffer
• coleader
• top gun
• cohead
• ganger
• big cheese
• micromanager
• subchief
• subdirector

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• secondary
• dependent
• junior
• subject
• subordinate
• underling
• inferior

Examples of headman in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

During his time at Murray, he’s posted a winning percentage of .687 and fans of high-major teams have floated McMahon’s name as a possible future headman. —Hayes Gardner, The Courier-Journal, 7 Feb. 2022

One of the members, Ram Prasad, a former village headman from an upper caste, said the initiative would break the taboo associated with the act. —Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2022

The Cardinals were pitted against No. 10 seed Minnesota, coached by Richard Pitino, the son of former Cardinal headman Rick Pitino. —Hayes Gardner, The Courier-Journal, 27 Aug. 2021

Wednesday evening, Louisville’s Board of Trustees and the Athletic Association Board of Directors agreed to a separation agreement with Mack, ending his tenure as the Cardinal headman at just under four years. —Hayes Gardner, The Courier-Journal, 28 Jan. 2022