executive
[noun]
Synonyms:
- administrator, director, manager, official
- administration, directorate, directors, government, hierarchy, leadership, management
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- administrative, controlling, decision-making, directing, governing, managerial

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Related Words: businessman, businesswoman, entrepreneur, higher-up, director, leader, supervisor

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English Thesaurus: government, administration, regime, the executive, democracy, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. ex‧ec‧u‧tive¹ S3 W2 /ɪɡˈzekjətɪv, ɪɡˈzekjʊtɪv/ noun [countable]

1. a manager in an organization or company who helps make important decisions:
a marketing executive
senior/top executive
top executives on high salaries ⇒ Chief Executive

2. the executive the part of a government that makes sure decisions and laws work well ⇒ judiciary, legislature

3. British English a group of people who are in charge of an organization and make the rules:
the union’s executive

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II. executive² W3 adjective [only before noun]

1. relating to the job of managing a business or organization and making decisions:
a commission with executive powers
executive body/committee etc (=a group of people who have the power to make decisions)

2. for the use of people who have important jobs in a company:
the executive dining-room

3. expensive and designed for people who earn a lot of money
executive cars/homes etc
executive toys (=objects to play with at work)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

executive
noun
I. person with an important job in business
ADJ. chief, senior, top a top executive in a large corporation
junior | key contracts to prevent the loss of key executives
busy | high-flying, high-powered | female, woman The contract gives a female executive maternity leave rights.
business, company, corporate, industry | advertising, legal, marketing, media, public relations, sales, television

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

executive
II. group of people who run a company/organization
ADJ. central, national | political | government, party, union She is a member of the party's national executive.
strong Conservatives are by tradition believers in a strong executive.
elected
VERB + EXECUTIVE control Parliament's ability to control the executive
EXECUTIVE + VERB decide sth
EXECUTIVE + NOUN member | meeting
PHRASES a member of an executive

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

government [uncountable and countable] the group of people who govern a country or the system they use to govern it:
The French government did not sign the agreement.
a democratic system of government
administration [countable] the government of a country, especially one such as the US, which is led by a president:
the Kennedy administration
the problems left by the previous adminstration
regime [countable] a government, especially one that was not elected fairly or that you disapprove of:
Most people opposed the apartheid regime.
the executive [singular] the part of the government that makes sure that laws and decisions work well:
the separation of powers between the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary
democracy [uncountable and countable] a political system in which everyone can vote to choose the government, or a country that has this system:
The transition to democracy has not been easy.
In a democracy, people have freedom of speech.
republic [countable] a country that has an elected government, and is led by a president, not a king or queen:
Mauritius became a republic in 1992.
monarchy [uncountable and countable] /ˈmɒnəki $ ˈmɑːnərki/ the system of having a king or queen as the head of state, or a country that has this system:
Some monarchies have elected governments.
controversy about the institution of monarchy
dictatorship [uncountable and countable] a political system or country that has a dictator (=a leader who has complete power and who has not been elected):
Argentina was a military dictatorship until 1983.
Hungary’s years of dictatorship
totalitarian adjective [only before noun] used for describing countries in which ordinary people have no power and the government has complete control over everything:
totalitarian states such as Nazi Germany
a totalitarian dictatorship
police state [countable] a country where the government strictly controls people’s freedom, for example to travel or to talk about politics:
It’s like living in a police state.

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