line manager
Your immediate superior
A line manager is the person directly above you in a workplace hierarchy—your immediate supervisor responsible for overseeing your work, approving leave, and conducting performance reviews.
The term emphasizes the chain-of-command structure: Talk to your line manager about scheduling.
More common in British than American English, where "direct supervisor" or simply "manager" often substitutes.
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- appraisalEstimation of worth
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- performanceCarrying out a task
- feedbackReturned response data
delegation · accountability · responsibility · monitoring · one-to-one · check-in · reporting · approval
Workplace superior
- superiorHigher in rank
- supervisorOne who directs workers
- team leaderHead of a group
- chain of commandFormal authority hierarchy
direct report · organizational structure · authority · seniority · promotion · subordinate · rank · level
Assigning times to events
- workflowSequential task progression
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
- resource allocationAssigning available means strategically
- prioritizationRanking by importance
deadlines · logistics · planning · handover · rota · capacity planning
Advice for decisions
- coachingGuiding others to improve
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
feedback · growth · advice · encouragement · onboarding · career progression · upskilling · motivation
oversight
Supervision or inadvertent omission
- appraisalEstimation of worth
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- performanceCarrying out a task
feedback · delegation · accountability · responsibility · monitoring · one-to-one · check-in · reporting · approval · sign-off
boss
Workplace superior
- superiorHigher in rank
- supervisorOne who directs workers
- team leaderHead of a group
chain of command · direct report · organizational structure · authority · seniority · promotion · subordinate · rank · level · grade
scheduling
Assigning times to events
- workflowSequential task progression
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
- resource allocationAssigning available means strategically
prioritization · deadlines · logistics · planning · handover · rota · capacity planning
guidance
Advice for decisions
- coachingGuiding others to improve
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- supportTo uphold or sustain
training · feedback · growth · advice · encouragement · onboarding · career progression · upskilling · motivation · nurturing
- bossesboss, bossman, supervisor, foreman, overseer
- event staffevent planner, ticket taker, bouncer, ticket scanner, door staff
- job titlesCEO, CTO, CFO, CMO, cook
- supervisorssupervisor, foreman, overseer, superintendent, boss
- UK Employmentemployee rights, redundancy, maternity leave, paternity leave, sick pay
- leadersleader, boss, leaders, bosses, chiefs
line managerdirect report
Employee under one's supervision
subordinate · supervisee · team member · CEO · junior staff
line managerHR manager
Employee relations overseer
project manager · consultant · advisor · individual contributor · peer
line, manager, lines, lined, lining, liner, liners, linear, lineage