STRAW BOSS Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

straw boss

noun

Definition of straw boss

as in boss man

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Noun

God Bless you boss man, the Irsay family and all of Colts Nation.

— Lindsey Erdody, Axios, 21 May 2025
Theroux treasures every silly little turn his cocky boss man gets to take.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2025

Definition of boss man

Noun

Medical contractor supervisors confirmed that Sims was not prescribed the medication at the time and that it was not documented as having been administered, investigators said.

— CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Clarify priorities with a supervisor during a calm moment today.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of supervisor

Noun

If a manager requests an update while someone at home needs help, don’t try to satisfy both through vague reassurance.

— Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2026
That page also outlines how the agency helped emergency managers assess the damage in New York City just after the attacks and discusses some of the ways NASA has honored 9/11 victims and their families over the years.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of manager

Noun

Randy Sadler is a risk management expert and serves as principal and CMO at CIC Services, a captive insurance management firm.

— Randy Sadler, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Susan Morrisey headed the Colorado Tobacco Education and Prevention Alliance in the late 1990s and is now a principal with SE2, a behavior-change marketing agency that has worked on tobacco prevention for three decades.

— Susan Morrisey, STAT, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of principal

Noun

Roy Ring, production superintendent for the 583rd Missile Maintenance Squadron, said crews have maintained these systems for decades.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
An earlier version of this story misspelled the name of the Lee’s Summit school district’s assistant superintendent of business services.

— Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of superintendent

Noun

The incidents exposed the difficulty of achieving a safety principle called alignment, in which AI takes into account the ethics and goals of its human overseers, Jackson said.

— Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Federal auditors and court rulings have spotlighted LAHSA’s financial and data weaknesses, prompting a nationwide search for new overseers of the region’s federal homeless funding, data systems and housing placements.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of overseer

Noun

Bartholow reported to her superiors at SEIU California that Regan stood uncomfortably close and hovered over her at the bar at a fundraiser for the state Senate leader in San Diego in March as tensions flared over the billionaire tax.

— Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Nobody seems to work much, though, the employees are consumed by gossip, crushes, and confusion about their coworkers, superiors, and others who lurk in their building.

— James Folta, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of superior

Noun

Ahead of being presented with the award, the animation boss sat down with Deadline to talk about his work, and tease some of what’s next.

— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026
Bertrand is a hands-on boss, and even when relaxing by the pool or doing a little skeet shooting, a worried one.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of boss

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