executive
English Thesaurus
1. persons who administer the law (noun.group)
| hyponym | : | bush administration, |
| definition | : | the executive under President George W. Bush (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | bush administration, |
| definition | : | the executive under President George H. W. Bush (noun.group) |
| member meronym | : | authorities, government, regime, |
| definition | : | the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit (noun.group) |
2. someone who manages a government agency or department (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | chief, head, top dog, |
| definition | : | a person who is in charge (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | commissioner, |
| definition | : | a government administrator (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | prefect, |
| definition | : | a chief officer or chief magistrate (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | secretary general, |
| definition | : | a person who is a chief administrator (as of the United Nations) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | triumvir, |
| definition | : | one of a group of three sharing public administration or civil authority especially in ancient Rome (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | peter stuyvesant, petrus stuyvesant, stuyvesant, |
| definition | : | the last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592-1672) (noun.person) |
3. a person responsible for the administration of a business (noun.person)
| hyponym | : | rainmaker, |
| definition | : | executive who is very successful in bringing in business to his company or firm (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | surgeon general, |
| definition | : | the head of the United States Public Health Service (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | v.p., vice president, |
| definition | : | an executive officer ranking immediately below a president; may serve in the president's place under certain circumstances (noun.person) |
4. someone who manages a government agency or department (noun.person)
| derivation | : | administer, administrate, |
| definition | : | work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of (verb.social) |
5. having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc. (adj.pert)
| derivation | : | execute, run, |
| definition | : | carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | execute, |
| definition | : | carry out the legalities of (verb.social) |
6. someone who manages a government agency or department (noun.person)
| derivation | : | administer, administrate, |
| definition | : | work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of (verb.social) |
7. having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc. (adj.pert)
| derivation | : | execute, run, |
| definition | : | carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | execute, |
| definition | : | carry out the legalities of (verb.social) |
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