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Synonyms for BOSS
bɒs, bɔsboss

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Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 2 votes

  1. foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, bossnoun

    a person who exercises control over workers

    "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"

    Synonyms:
    hirer, tribal chief, headman, foreman, political boss, antique, boss, gaffer, old geezer, chief, knob, old-timer, honcho, oldtimer, chieftain, head, party boss, top dog

    Antonyms:
    inferior

  2. boss, hirernoun

    a person responsible for hiring workers

    "the boss hired three more men for the new job"

    Synonyms:
    honcho, gaffer, party boss, hirer, knob, chief, foreman, boss, political boss

    Antonyms:
    inferior

  3. bossnoun

    a person who exercises control and makes decisions

    "he is his own boss now"

    Synonyms:
    honcho, gaffer, party boss, hirer, knob, chief, foreman, political boss

    Antonyms:
    inferior

  4. party boss, political boss, bossnoun

    a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments

    "party bosses have a reputation for corruption"

    Synonyms:
    honcho, gaffer, party boss, hirer, knob, chief, foreman, boss, political boss

    Antonyms:
    inferior

  5. knob, bossadjective

    a circular rounded projection or protuberance

    Synonyms:
    node, honcho, gaffer, thickening, hirer, boss, knob, chief, foreman, pommel, political boss, party boss

    Antonyms:
    inferior

  6. boss, bragverb

    exceptionally good

    "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag cornfield"

    Synonyms:
    brag, boss

    Antonyms:
    inferior

  7. emboss, boss, stampverb

    raise in a relief

    "embossed stationery"

    Synonyms:
    stomp, boss, emboss, stamp, stereotype, stump, pigeonhole

    Antonyms:
    inferior

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. bossnoun

    Synonyms:
    protuberance, knob, stud, protuberant part

  2. bossnoun

    Synonyms:
    [colloquial, U. s.] superintendent, overseer, master-workman

  3. bossverb

    Synonyms:
    stud, cover with bosses

  4. bossverb

    Synonyms:
    [colloquial, U. S.] direct, oversee, superintend

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. bossnoun

    Synonyms:
    protuberance, stud, knob, process, superintendent, director, employer, foreman, overseer

  2. bossverb

    Synonyms:
    direct, oversee, superintend, domineer, dominate, dictate

Nicknames0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of known nicknames for "Boss":

    Lichelle Laws, Bo$$

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. BOSS

    Synonyms:
    Balloon Optimisation vs Stent Study

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How to use BOSS in a sentence?

  1. Ted Cruz:

    It's not about the poor schlub who got caught. It's about the boss.

  2. Lovely Warren:

    Jaisaan Lovett and Jaisaan Lovett did n’t have a great relationship and it was Jaisaan Lovett last chance to show Jaisaan Lovett who was boss.

  3. Robert Frost:

    By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day.

  4. President George W. Bush:

    I ’m sure every nominee before you would have personal beliefs about that precedent and many others. But all nominees are united in their belief that what they think about a precedent should not bear on how they will decide cases. She was more pragmatic two years ago – just days before the presidential election – about the chances that Roe v. Wade would be overturned in coming years : I don't think the core case -- Roe's holding that women have a right to abortion -- I don't think that will change, but I think the question of whether people can get late-term abortions -- how many restrictions can be put on clinics -- I don't think that will change. Brett Kavanaugh, steady insider The federal appeals court here in Washington is seen as a professional stepping-stone to Supreme Court. Three current justices( John Roberts, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Clarence Thomas) served on that bench before joining the high court, as did Scalia. Now Brett Kavanaugh is poised to make the leap, though if history is any guide, Brett Kavanaugh could face an especially tough Senate confirmation. It is the image that may cement – or sink – the Supreme Court aspirations of Brett Kavanaugh. Brett Kavanaugh elevation to the federal appeals court was celebrated with a Rose Garden swearing-in by a fellow Catholic who's now retiring from the bench, Justice Anthony Kennedy, for whom Brett Kavanaugh served as a law clerk in 1993. Front and center : Brett Kavanaugh former boss, President George W. Bush, the man who nominated Brett Kavanaugh. I chose Brett Kavanaugh because of the force of Brett Kavanaugh mind, the breadth of Brett Kavanaugh experience and the strength of Brett Kavanaugh character.

  5. Kristen Spyker:

    The surgeon said,' This is my patient. This is my show. I'm the boss, and I say what happens,'.


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