executive

Definition

Examples

The chief executive spoke to employees about the company's plans for growth.

Word Family

Synonyms

• directorsomeone who controls resources and expenditures
• managersomeone who controls resources and expenditures
• administratorsomeone who administers a business

Collocations

• Easy chief executive officer
  describing chief executive officer (a person who is in charge)
• Medium executive meeting room
  describing executive meeting room (a person responsible for the administration of a business)
• Hard executive search firm
  describing executive search firm (a person responsible for the administration of a business)
• Very Hard invoke executive privilege against subpoena
  to invoke executive privilege against subpoena, meaning to summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic