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- noun idiomatic, colloquial A group of
people who are theleaders orheads of an organization.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the most important persons in a governing body
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Related Words
synonyms (138)
Words with the same meaning
- ADC
- CO
- Establishment
- OD
- VIP
- administration
- aide
- aide-de-camp
- baron
- big gun
- big man
- big name
- bigwig
- board
- board of directors
- board of regents
- board of trustees
- brass
- brass hat
- brigadier
- brigadier general
- bureaucracy
- cabinet
- cadre
- captain
- celebrity
- chicken colonel
- chief of staff
- colonel
- commandant
- commander
- commander in chief
- commanding officer
- commissioned officer
- company officer
- council
- dignitary
- dignity
- directorate
- directory
- elder
- establishment
- exec
- executive arm
- executive committee
- executive hierarchy
- executive officer
- father
- field marshal
- field officer
- figure
- first lieutenant
- five-star general
- four-star general
- general
- general officer
- generalissimo
- governance
- governing board
- governing body
- great man
- hierarchy
- higher echelons
- higher-ups
- important person
- infrastructure
- interests
- interlocking directorate
- jemadar
- junior officer
- lieutenant
- lieutenant colonel
- lieutenant general
- lion
- lords of creation
- magnate
- major
- major general
- man of mark
- management
- marechal
- marshal
- ministry
- mogul
- nabob
- name
- notability
- notable
- officer
- officialdom
- one-star general
- orderly officer
- organisation
- organization
- panjandrum
- person of renown
- personage
- personality
- pillar of society
- power
- power elite
- prelacy
- risaldar
- ruling circle
- ruling class
- ruling classes
- sachem
- senior officer
- shavetail
- sirdar
- somebody
- something
- staff officer
- steering committee
- subahdar
- subaltern
- sublieutenant
- the Establishment
- the Old Man
- the administration
- the authorities
- the brass
- the executive
- the great
- the ingroup
- the interests
- the people upstairs
- the power elite
- the power structure
- the top
- them
- they
- three-star general
- top people
- two-star general
- tycoon
- very important person
- worthy
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