EXECUTIVE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for EXECUTIVE?

Need another word that means the same as “executive”? Find 18 synonyms and 30 related words for “executive” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Executive” are: administrative, directorial, directing, controlling, managerial, administrator, executive director, chief, head, principal, senior official, senior manager, senior administrator, administration, leadership, management, directorate, directors

Executive as a Noun

Definitions of "Executive" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “executive” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A person with senior managerial responsibility in a business.
• The branch of a government responsible for putting decisions or laws into effect.
• Suitable for a senior business executive.
• Someone who manages a government agency or department.
• Persons who administer the law.
• An executive committee or other body within an organization.
• A person responsible for the administration of a business.

Synonyms of "Executive" as a noun (13 Words)

administration	The act of administering medication. The company went into administration.
administrator	A person who dispenses or administers something. Administrators of justice.
chief	The upper third of the field. The chief of the village.
directorate	A group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution. The Food Safety Directorate.
directors	Member of a board of directors.
executive director	Someone who manages a government agency or department.
head	The head regarded as the location of intellect imagination and memory. Stags yearly cast their heads in March.
leadership	The leaders of an organization, country, etc. His leadership inspired the team.
management	Trickery; deceit. We would like to thank the management and staff for their continued support.
principal	An actor who plays a principal role. Principals in general practice are self employed and controlled by their practice agreements.
senior administrator	A person who is older than you are.
senior manager	A person who is older than you are.
senior official	An undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation.

Usage Examples of "Executive" as a noun

• The chief executive.
• An executive house.
• The union executive.
• Account executives.

Executive as an Adjective

Definitions of "Executive" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “executive” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Relating to or having the power to put plans or actions into effect.
• Having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc.
• Denoting or relating to the part of a political administration with responsibility for putting into effect laws drawn up by the legislature.

Synonyms of "Executive" as an adjective (5 Words)

administrative	Of or relating to or responsible for administration. Administrative staff.
controlling	Able to control or determine policy. A controlling interest in the firm.
directing	In precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker. Felt his mother s directing arm around him.
directorial	Relating to a person who supervises the actors and other staff in a film, play, or similar production. Matthews served in a variety of directorial positions.
managerial	Of or relating to the function or responsibility or activity of management. The division of managerial responsibilities.

Usage Examples of "Executive" as an adjective

• The executive branch of government.
• Executive authority.
• An executive chairman.

Associations of "Executive" (30 Words)

administrator	A person legally appointed to manage and dispose of the estate of a deceased person, debtor, or insolvent company. Administrators of justice.
bishop	A chess piece typically with its top shaped like a mitre that can move in any direction along a diagonal on which it stands Each player starts the game with two bishops one moving on white squares and the other on black.
board	Ride on a snowboard. The cousins boarded for a while with Ruby.
boss	Raise in a relief. He does not like being bossed around.
chairman	One of the two people carrying a sedan chair. He was chairman of the finance committee.
chairperson	A chairman or chairwoman (used as a neutral alternative). Address your remarks to the chairperson.
chief	An informal form of address to a man, especially one of superior rank or status. The chief of the village.
clergy	In Christianity clergymen collectively as distinguished from the laity. All marriages were to be solemnized by the clergy.
coadjutor	An assistant to a bishop.
conservancy	A body concerned with the preservation of natural resources. From the point of view of nature conservancy I d rather see it left unspoilt.
controller	Someone who maintains and audits business accounts. A temperature controller.
curate	A minister with pastoral responsibility.
diocesan	Of or concerning a diocese.
director	Member of a board of directors. The sales director.
elected	Subject to popular election.
foreman	A male worker who supervises and directs other workers. If you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman.
governing	The act of governing exercising authority. Regulations for the governing of state prisons.
manager	A program or system that controls or organizes a peripheral device or process. If I was his manager I would offer Lewis 8 m for the fight.
minister	Administer a sacrament. A minister of the Lutheran church.
organizer	A thing used for organizing. She was the organizer of the meeting.
parochial	Relating to a Church parish. The parochial church council.
president	The head of a university. The president of the European Union.
priest	Ordain to the priesthood. The priest celebrated mass at a small altar off the north transept.
producer	Someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work. Maine is a leading producer of potatoes.
rector	(in the Church of England) the incumbent of a parish where all tithes formerly passed to the incumbent.
storekeeper	A shopkeeper.
supervise	Watch and direct. Nurses were supervised by a consultant psychiatrist.
synod	A council convened to discuss ecclesiastical business. The deanery synod.
tenure	Guaranteed permanent employment especially as a teacher or lecturer after a probationary period security of tenure. She was tenured after she published her book.
vicar	A cleric or choir member appointed to sing certain parts of a cathedral service.