Synonyms for BOSS
bɒs, bɔsboss

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, bossnoun

   a person who exercises control over workers

   "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"

   Synonyms:
   hirer, tribal chief, headman, foreman, political boss, antique, boss, gaffer, old geezer, chief, knob, old-timer, honcho, oldtimer, chieftain, head, party boss, top dog

   Antonyms:
   inferior

2. boss, hirernoun

   a person responsible for hiring workers

   "the boss hired three more men for the new job"

   Synonyms:
   honcho, gaffer, party boss, hirer, knob, chief, foreman, boss, political boss

   Antonyms:
   inferior

3. bossnoun

   a person who exercises control and makes decisions

   "he is his own boss now"

   Synonyms:
   honcho, gaffer, party boss, hirer, knob, chief, foreman, political boss

   Antonyms:
   inferior

4. party boss, political boss, bossnoun

   a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments

   "party bosses have a reputation for corruption"

   Synonyms:
   honcho, gaffer, party boss, hirer, knob, chief, foreman, boss, political boss

   Antonyms:
   inferior

5. knob, bossadjective

   a circular rounded projection or protuberance

   Synonyms:
   node, honcho, gaffer, thickening, hirer, boss, knob, chief, foreman, pommel, political boss, party boss

   Antonyms:
   inferior

6. boss, bragverb

   exceptionally good

   "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag cornfield"

   Synonyms:
   brag, boss

   Antonyms:
   inferior

7. emboss, boss, stampverb

   raise in a relief

   "embossed stationery"

   Synonyms:
   stomp, boss, emboss, stamp, stereotype, stump, pigeonhole

   Antonyms:
   inferior

Matched Categories

1. • Employer
   • Impress
   • Leader
   • Politician

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bossnoun

   Synonyms:
   protuberance, knob, stud, protuberant part

2. bossnoun

   Synonyms:
   [colloquial, U. s.] superintendent, overseer, master-workman

3. bossverb

   Synonyms:
   stud, cover with bosses

4. bossverb

   Synonyms:
   [colloquial, U. S.] direct, oversee, superintend

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bossnoun

   Synonyms:
   protuberance, stud, knob, process, superintendent, director, employer, foreman, overseer

2. bossverb

   Synonyms:
   direct, oversee, superintend, domineer, dominate, dictate

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "boss":

   guv, patron, pattern, chief, head, skipper, -boss, chef, leader, owner, bosses, master, kingpin, landlord

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1. List of known nicknames for "Boss":

   Lichelle Laws, Bo$$

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BOSS

   Synonyms:
   Balloon Optimisation vs Stent Study

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How to use BOSS in a sentence?

1. Carsten Spohr:

   I have worked at Lufthansa as an engineer, I have worked as a pilot at Lufthansa, I have carried responsibility as a manager at Lufthansa for many, many years, always, wherever I was, whoever my boss was, the rule was always safety is No. 1. And that this has happened to us I can only say we are sorry.

2. Meghan McCain:

   It seems weird callous to boycott a company who supplies food to the masses and employs 4,000 people during a pandemic, no matter what your politics, who wants more people out of work? Almost every CEO, boss, person I interact with and consume products from disagrees with me.

3. Tom Burgis:

   Ultimately they owe everything they have to the boss. And with the click of a finger, as he has shown in the past, Vladimir Putin can take everything, however influential they may seem, they are ultimately dependent on him.

4. Kyum Kim:

   We just all realized that there’s a need for communication that is kind of independent of company control, because when employees talk to each other in a work setting, they can’t be honest – and they have to always kind of be self conscious about what the boss is going to think, or what other people are going to think.

5. Zhou Huazhong:

   I heard from some friends, who didn't get paid by their boss, that the government did nothing to help them, the government is useless.