superintendent
Apartment complex boss
A superintendent is a person who oversees or manages something.
In American usage, a superintendent often runs a school district, setting policy and administering budgets across multiple schools.
A building superintendent (super for short) maintains an apartment building and handles repairs.
The term applies broadly to anyone with supervisory authority over an operation or institution: the superintendent of parks, the superintendent of police.
One who directs workers
- overseerOne who monitors work
- foremanWorker who directs others
- directorOne who leads
- managerOne who directs others
coordinator · boss · inspector · administrator · controller · monitor · chief · executive
Building cleaner and maintainer
- caretakerOne who maintains property
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- custodianGuardian of a place
- porterBaggage carrier or dark brew
concierge · handyman · groundskeeper · boiler · tenant · landlord · doorman · repairman
Chief school administrator
- headmasterSchool's chief administrator
- headmistressFemale school principal
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- districtBounded administrative area
school board · teachers · administrator · academic · standards · enrollment · policy · graduation
Supervisory custodian of place
- governorState's chief executive
- administratorPerson who manages operations
- directorOne who leads
- commissionerAppointed agency leader
official · charge · facility · institution · correctional · hospital · asylum · prison
Top-ranking leader
- precinctAdministrative jurisdiction zone
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- constableLow-ranking peace officer
- sergeantMid-level military rank
inspector · badge · department · law enforcement · beat · patrol · investigation · commissioner
supervisor
One who directs workers
manager · coordinator · boss · inspector · administrator · controller · monitor · chief · executive · charge
janitor
Building cleaner and maintainer
- caretakerOne who maintains property
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- custodianGuardian of a place
porter · concierge · handyman · groundskeeper · boiler · tenant · landlord · doorman · repairman · resident
principal
Chief school administrator
- headmasterSchool's chief administrator
- headmistressFemale school principal
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
district · school board · teachers · administrator · academic · standards · enrollment · policy · graduation · accreditation
warden
Supervisory custodian of place
- governorState's chief executive
- administratorPerson who manages operations
- directorOne who leads
commissioner · official · charge · facility · institution · correctional · hospital · asylum · prison · custody
chief
Top-ranking leader
- precinctAdministrative jurisdiction zone
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- constableLow-ranking peace officer
sergeant · inspector · badge · department · law enforcement · beat · patrol · investigation · commissioner · command
- Lawmensheriff, constable, marshal, deputy, lawman
- officialsofficial, officials, bailiff, bureaucrat, congressman
- school administratorsschool principal, headmaster, headmistress, principal, vice principal
- school leadersprincipal, headmaster, dean, headmistress, head teacher
- stewardssteward, trustee, custodian, keeper, caretaker
- Methodist LeadersGeorge Whitefield, circuit rider, itinerant preacher, class leader, ordained minister
- school superintendentLeader of local education system
- building superintendentProperty's live-in caretaker
- sidewalk superintendentCasual construction observer
- district superintendentChief of regional schools
- chief superintendentSenior police rank