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manager

man·ag·er

manager

 
 
pronunciation:
mae nih jr
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: one who directs, controls, or administers a business or other enterprise.
 
synonyms:
administrator, director, superintendent, supervisor
similar words:
agent, boss, executive, higher-up, operator, overseer, steward
definition 2: one who is responsible for the training of an athlete or athletic team.
synonyms:
coach, trainer
similar words:
adviser
definition 3: one who oversees the business affairs of an entertainer.
synonyms:
agent, steward
similar words:
comptroller, controller, overseer
Word Combinations  About this feature
adjective + (n.)manager alcoholic, assistant, associate, competent, corporate, experienced, general, hands-on, head, interim, longtime, middle, mutual, mutual-fund, nursing, regional, resident, retired, seasoned, senior, skilled, top, veteran, vice  [See all][See only the most frequent]
verb + (n.)manager fire, hire, program, resource
(n.)manager + verb oversee
noun + (n.)manager Help advertising, asset, assistant, audit, branch, brand, campaign, circulation, coach, deputy, engineer, engineering, entrepreneur, factory, fishery, fund, general, health-care, hedge, hiring, hotel, impeachment, investment, marketing, merchandise, motel, operation, owner, password, pension, personnel, pharmacy, planner, portfolio, produce, project, promotion, purchasing, refuge, restaurant, sales, salesman, stage, store, tenure, warehouse, wildlife [See all][See only the most frequent]
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Word Parts  About this feature
The word manager contains the following parts:
-er, -or, -ar2 Latin noun-forming suffix that means a person or thing that does
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The suffix group -er , -or , -ar2 turns verbs into agent nouns.
synonyms:
-ist, -ite2, -ator, -an, -ian, -ean