Definitions

CEO

NOUN

administrator

Synonyms

STRONGEST

authority bureaucrat chief commander controller custodian dean director executive head inspector judge leader manager minister officer official organizer superintendent supervisor

STRONG

President ambassador boss captain chair chairperson consul exec governor mayor overseer premier producer

WEAK

front office head honcho head person person upstairs prez

Antonyms

STRONGEST

employee follower worker

NOUN

authority

Synonyms

STRONGEST

expert judge law

STRONG

Bible arbiter aristocrat boss brains brass buff connoisseur czar egghead establishment exec executive feds governor guru kingfish kingpin pro professional professor pundit scholar specialist textbook upstairs veteran virtuoso whiz wizard

WEAK

big cheese big shot big wig city hall front office ivory dome power elite top brass top dog top hand

Antonyms

STRONG

amateur greenhorn ignoramus proletariat rookie student

NOUN

captain

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boss commander director executive leader officer operator owner pilot skipper

STRONG

CFO authority cap chieftain exec guide head skip top

WEAK

four-striper head honcho higher up number one top dog

Antonyms

STRONGEST

follower

NOUN

employer

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boss company corporation entrepreneur executive firm management manager manufacturer organization owner

STRONG

President businessperson capitalist chief co director establishment head juice kingpin outfit overseer patron proprietor superintendent supervisor

WEAK

big shot front office head honcho meal ticket workers big cheese

Antonyms

STRONGEST

employee

STRONG

worker

NOUN

executive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

administration administrator boss chief commander director entrepreneur government leader management manager officer official supervisor

STRONG

VIP brass businessperson co directorate exec governor head heavyweight hierarchy higher-up industrialist leadership skipper tycoon

WEAK

big wheel head honcho head person key player top brass

Antonyms

STRONGEST

employee follower worker

NOUN

higher-up

Synonyms

STRONG

VIP better boss brass chief chieftain director elder exec executive head heavyweight leader manager principal ruler senior supervisor

WEAK

head honcho key player

Antonyms

STRONG

employee follower junior worker

NOUN

official

Synonyms

STRONGEST

administrator agent bureaucrat civil servant commissioner director executive leader manager minister officer representative secretary

STRONG

President boss brains brass chancellor comptroller dignitary exec functionary governor higher-up incumbent magistrate marshal mayor officeholder panjandrum premier top treasurer

WEAK

big shot front office head person top brass top dog

Antonyms

STRONGEST

employee

NOUN

president

Synonyms

STRONG

boss leader premier

WEAK

chief executive officer chief of state commander in chief head of state person in charge prime minister

NOUN

superior

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boss manager principal ruler supervisor

STRONG

VIP brass chief chieftain director elder exec executive head heavyweight higher-up leader senior

WEAK

head honcho key player

Antonyms

STRONGEST

employee worker

STRONG

follower junior

WEAK

inferior servant

Example Sentences

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Musk has asked that Altman be removed as CEO, among other requests, and is seeking up to $180 billion to be paid out from OpenAI’s for-profit arm to its nonprofit parent.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

CEO of the brokerage firm Webull, said retail investors are continuing to buy memory chip makers and other chip stocks with exposure to the AI infrastructure buildout.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Buffett retired as Berkshire CEO at the end of December, and before that he had appointed Abel as his successor at the conglomerate.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Per the terms of the filing, shareholders’ ability to challenge CEO Elon Musk’s decisions, whether through the board or the legal system, will be so limited as to make the chief executive all but invincible.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

He claimed not to be smart enough to understand any of it, and I assumed that was how a Wall Street CEO showed he was the boss, by rising above the details.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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