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

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

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