English noun: executive |
| 1. | executive (person) a person responsible for the administration of a business |
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| Synonyms | executive director |
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| Broader (hypernym) | administrator, decision maker |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | business executive, corporate executive, government minister, minister, rainmaker, Surgeon General, V.P., vice president |
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| 2. | executive (group) persons who administer the law |
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| Broader (hypernym) | administration, brass, establishment, governance, governing body, organisation, organization |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Bush administration, Bush administration, Carter administration, Clinton administration, Reagan administration |
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| Member meronym | authorities, government, regime |
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| 3. | executive (person) someone who manages a government agency or department |
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| Synonyms | administrator |
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| Broader (hypernym) | chief, head, top dog |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | commissioner, DCI, Director of Central Intelligence, prefect, Secretary General, triumvir |
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| Instance hyponym | Peter Stuyvesant, Petrus Stuyvesant, Raffles, Sir Thomas Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Stuyvesant |
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