NOUN | person | boss, foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho | a person who exercises control over workers |
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person | boss, hirer | a person responsible for hiring workers | |
person | boss | a person who exercises control and makes decisions | |
person | boss, party boss, political boss | a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments | |
artifact | boss, knob | a circular rounded projection or protuberance | |
ADJECTIVE | all | boss, brag | exceptionally good |
VERB | contact | boss, emboss, stamp | raise in a relief |
Sounds | baa's; bao's | |
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Rhymes | albatross ... semigloss: 20 rhymes with aas... | |
across ... toss: 21 rhymes with aos... |
Meaning | exceptionally good. | |
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Example | "a boss hand at carpentry" | |
Synonym | brag | |
Broader | superior | Of high or superior quality or performance |
Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
Meaning | A person who exercises control over workers. | |
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Synonyms | foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho | |
Narrower | baas | South African term for 'boss' |
ganger | The foreman of a work gang | |
straw boss, assistant foreman | A member of a work gang who supervises the other workers | |
Broader | supervisor | One who supervises or has charge and direction of |
Spanish | capitoste, caporal, gaffer, jefa, jefe, patrona, patrón | |
Catalan | capitost, cap, gaffer, patró, patrona | |
Adjectives | bossy | offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power |
Meaning | A person responsible for hiring workers. | |
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Example | "the boss hired three more men for the new job" | |
Synonym | hirer | |
Narrower | guvnor | (British slang) boss |
old man | (slang) boss | |
Broader | employer | A person or firm that employs workers |
Spanish | jefa, jefe, patrona, patrón | |
Catalan | cap, patró, patrona |
Meaning | A person who exercises control and makes decisions. | |
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Example | "he is his own boss now" | |
Narrower | drug baron, drug lord | A person who controls an organization dealing in illegal drugs |
Broader | leader | A person who rules or guides or inspires others |
Spanish | jefa, jefe | |
Catalan | cap |
Meaning | A leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments. | |
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Example | "party bosses have a reputation for corruption" | |
Synonyms | party boss, political boss | |
Broader | politician, politico, pol, political leader | A person active in party politics |
Spanish | líder, líder político | |
Catalan | líder polític |
Meaning | A circular rounded projection or protuberance. | |
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Synonym | knob | |
Narrower | knobble | A small knob |
nailhead | flattened boss on the end of nail opposite to the point | |
Broader | projection | Any structure that branches out from a central support |
Spanish | saliente redondo | |
Verbs | boss | raise in a relief |
Meaning | Raise in a relief. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "embossed stationery" | |
Synonyms | emboss, stamp | |
Narrower | block | Stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block |
Broader | impress, imprint | mark or stamp with or as if with pressure |
Spanish | abollar, repujar | |
Catalan | estampar en relleu | |
Nouns | boss | a circular rounded projection or protuberance |
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