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conductor

[kuhn-duhk-ter] / kənˈdʌk tər /
NOUN
leader
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STRONGEST


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What is another word for conductor?
The word conductor is used in several different senses, and each has different synonyms. music In the context of music, a conductor is the one who conducts a musical group, especially an orchestra or choir. The specific terms orchestra conductor and choir conductor are sometimes used. The position can also be called director. An especially talented conductor might be called a maestro. trains and transportation On trains, the word conductor often refers to the worker in charge collecting fares or tickets from passengers, among other duties, such as announcing stations. In general, such a person could be called a train conductor. This sense of the word is also sometimes used for a person who does this on a bus. This person may alternatively be called a ticket collector or a ticket taker. science Conductor is also a word for a material that conducts electricity, heat, light, or sound. Such a material functions as a medium for these things (such as an electrical current) to travel through. More specific terms like electrical conductor are sometimes used. general Sometimes, conductor is used in a very general way to refer to someone who is in charge of conducting, directing, or managing something. Synonyms for this sense include director, manager, and supervisor.
What is the feminine version of conductor?
Conductor is largely used as a gender-neutral term. However, to specify that a conductor is a woman, you could use the word conductress. However, this term is rarely used. The word conductrix is also sometimes used, but is also very rare.
What is the opposite (antonym) of conductor?
In scientific contexts, the opposite of a conductor is a nonconductor—a material that does not readily conduct electricity, heat, sound, or light. Certain nonconductive materials are called insulators. Examples of insulators include materials like glass, plastic, and rubber.

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Wild Up, itself, is a uniquely egalitarian collective, a chamber orchestra of composers and soloists, although one that nonetheless requires traditional leadership of its visionary founder, conductor Christopher Rountree.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

It took one courteous question and one obliging conductor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Mandell described Beckett as a conductor rather than a director.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

“I always give credit to my predecessors,” the conductor, ever the diplomat, said of the present state of his ensemble.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The conductor would remember her fondly as the schoolgirl who talked football.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

The first was something he shared with all conductors of major American orchestras in the early 2020s: coping with the Covid-19 pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The LA Philharmonic's creative director Esa-Pekka Salonen described Harding as "absolutely one of the most important conductors of our time".

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

They were busy elsewhere along with these conductors and directors:

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

Two conductors getting a good deal of attention lately make their debuts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

The more complicated adventures undertaken by composers with notation, orchestras, opera singers, conductors, musicological analysis and the rest are still vital parts of music’s main body, but they are not in truth its central purpose.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall


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