Executive
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English
Adjective
Executive (comparative more Executive, superlative most Executive)
- Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect.
- Of, pertaining to, or having responsibility for the day-to-day running of an organisation, business, country, etc.; as, an executive act, an executive officer, executive government.
Noun
Executive (plural Executives)- A title of a chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on her/his own authority.
- That branch of government which is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day running of the state.
Adjectives for Executive
able; industrial; admirable; signal; energetic; insignificant; high-powered; tyrannical; overbearing; pompous.
Adverbs for Executive
responsibly; highly; legally; carefully; cautiously; supremely; imperiously; authoritatively; royally; municipally; arbitrarily; masLerfully; imposingly; efficiently; brilliantly; magnificently; splendidly; vigorously; intrepidly; unquestionably; proudly; effectively.
Thesaurus
administrating, administration, administrative, administrator, archon, big cheese, board, board of directors, board of regents, board of trustees, boss, bureaucratic, businessman, businesswoman, cabinet, cadre, captain, castellan, chancellor, chatelain, chatelaine, chief executive, chief executive officer, commandant, commander, council, dean, directing, director, directorate, directorship, directory, entrepreneur, exec, executive arm, executive committee, executive director, executive hierarchy, executive officer, executive secretary, foreman, governing, governing board, governing body, government, governmental, governor, gubernatorial, head, infrastructure, intendant, interlocking directorate, kingpin, leader, leadership, magistrate, management, manager, managerial, managing, managing director, master, ministerial, number one, officer, official, officiating, overseer, prefect, president, presiding, prexy, principal, provost, regulatory, ruler, secretary, steering committee, superintendent, supervision, supervisor, supervisory, the administration, the brass, the executive, the people upstairs, top brass, top dog, treasurer, vice-chancellor, vice-president, warden
Etymology
From Middle French executif.
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