executive
Senior business manager
Executive relates to carrying out plans, decisions, or laws.
An executive is a senior manager who runs an organization or division: She's a marketing executive at a Fortune 500 company.
In government, the executive branch enforces laws that the legislative branch creates.
As an adjective, executive describes things relating to management or administration: executive decision, executive suite, executive privilege.
An executive summary condenses a longer document for decision-makers.
Top corporate officer
- CFOTop corporate money officer
- COOTop operations executive
- C-suiteTop executive positions
- boardroomCorporate decision venue
corporation · merger · acquisition · shareholder · stakeholder · enterprise · IPO · equity
Elected leader of nation
- chairmanHead of a board
- directorOne who leads
- chiefTop-ranking leader
- commanderPerson with authority over others
governor · premier · minister · boss · head · captain · superintendent · principal
Division or woody limb
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- vetoOfficial refusal to approve
cabinet · administration · mandate · authority · clemency · pardon · decree · proclamation
Planned approach to goals
- planningArranging for future events
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
coordination · implementation · logistics · prioritization · efficiency · leadership · accountability · decision-making
Evidence of qualification or identity
- expertiseSkill from extensive practice
- experiencePractical knowledge from life
- competenceAdequate ability to function
- consultantProfessional advice provider
analyst · strategist · advisor · MBA · networker · headhunted · fast-track · briefcase
Dominant industrial leader
- magnateWealthy business leader
- mogulInfluential industry leader
- billionairePerson worth ten figures
- industrialistMajor manufacturing business owner
financier · plutocrat · baron · dignitary · philanthropist · socialite · power-broker · insider
CEO
Top corporate officer
boardroom · corporation · merger · acquisition · shareholder · stakeholder · enterprise · IPO · equity · dividend
president
Elected leader of nation
commander · governor · premier · minister · boss · head · captain · superintendent · principal · provost
branch
Division or woody limb
veto · cabinet · administration · mandate · authority · clemency · pardon · decree · proclamation · oversight
strategy
Planned approach to goals
- planningArranging for future events
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
supervision · coordination · implementation · logistics · prioritization · efficiency · leadership · accountability · decision-making · stewardship
credentials
Evidence of qualification or identity
- expertiseSkill from extensive practice
- experiencePractical knowledge from life
- competenceAdequate ability to function
consultant · analyst · strategist · advisor · MBA · networker · headhunted · fast-track · briefcase · LinkedIn
tycoon
Dominant industrial leader
- magnateWealthy business leader
- mogulInfluential industry leader
- billionairePerson worth ten figures
industrialist · financier · plutocrat · baron · dignitary · philanthropist · socialite · power-broker · insider · establishment
- jobsdoctor, administrator, lawyer, teacher, nurse
- civicsballot, election, ballots, Bill of Rights, branches of government
- leadershipleadership styles, leader, leadership skills, boss, leading
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
- work termsboss, job, manager, career, company
- authoritiesrulers, ruler, leaders, leader, officials
executivesubordinate
One lower in rank
employee · worker · entry-level · rank-and-file · underling
executiveblue-collar
Manual labor workforce
manual laborer · factory worker · hourly worker · working class · assembly line worker
executivelegislative
Concerning the creation of laws
judicial · judiciary · legislature · congressional · parliamentary
- executive jetPrivate aircraft for corporate travel
- account executiveClient relationship sales professional
- executive decisionChoice made by leadership
- executive branchGovernment's implementing arm
- executive producerSenior production decision-maker
- public executionWitnessed state killing
execution, executives, executing, executioner, executions, executive producer, nonexecutive, executive branch, executive orders