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headman

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of headman

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 of headman

boss, boss man, captain, chief, foreman, head, helmsman, honcho, jefe, kingpin, leader, master, taskmaster

Words Related to headman

directress, mistress

administrator, commander, director, executive, general, governor, hierarch, higher-up

leadman, manager, overseer, principal, skipper, standard-bearer, steward, straw boss, superintendent, superior, supervisor

dominator, lord, overlord, potentate, ruler, sovereign (also sovran)

baron, czar (also tsar), king, magnate, mogul, president, prince

big cheese, big gun, bigwig, top dog, top gun

cohead, coleader

employer, gaffer [British], ganger [British]

subchief, subdirector

Near Antonyms of headman

dependent, inferior, junior, secondary, subject, subordinate, underling

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