supremos
Those in charge
Supremos is the plural of supremo, a person who holds supreme authority or is the highest-ranking leader in a particular field or organization.
The term often carries a slightly informal or journalistic tone: media supremos, fashion supremos.
It can describe actual leaders or, more loosely, anyone considered the ultimate authority on something: The studio supremos greenlit the sequel.
Those with authority
- commandersMilitary authority figures
- chiefsTop-ranking leaders
- directorsThose who lead organizations
- bossesManagers or raised studs
heads · rulers · governors · administrators · executives · overseers · controllers · managers
Supreme authoritarian rulers
- tyrantsOppressive absolute rulers
- dictatorsRulers with total control
- despotsOppressive absolute rulers
- autocratsRulers with unchecked power
monarchs · potentates · sovereigns · emperors · czars · warlords · strongmen · conquerors
Hereditary ruling class
- oligarchsWealthy few who govern
- plutocratsRulers through financial power
- magnatesWealthy, powerful industrialists
- tycoonsPowerful business leaders
moguls · barons · nobles · grandees · patricians · powerbrokers · insiders · VIPs
Those with dominion
- virtuososSupremely skilled performers
- maestrosExpert musical directors
- gurusVenerated teachers or experts
- expertsHighly skilled practitioners
authorities · specialists · savants · connoisseurs · grandmasters · doyens · veterans · aces
Those who decide leadership
- power-brokersThose wielding hidden influence
- dealmakersThose who negotiate agreements
- fixersThose who restore function
- gatekeepersThose controlling entry
leaders
Those with authority
- commandersMilitary authority figures
- chiefsTop-ranking leaders
- directorsThose who lead organizations
bosses · heads · rulers · governors · administrators · executives · overseers · controllers · managers · chairpersons
overlords
Supreme authoritarian rulers
- tyrantsOppressive absolute rulers
- dictatorsRulers with total control
- despotsOppressive absolute rulers
autocrats · monarchs · potentates · sovereigns · emperors · czars · warlords · strongmen · conquerors · oppressors
aristocrats
Hereditary ruling class
- oligarchsWealthy few who govern
- plutocratsRulers through financial power
- magnatesWealthy, powerful industrialists
tycoons · moguls · barons · nobles · grandees · patricians · powerbrokers · insiders · VIPs · luminaries
masters
Those with dominion
- virtuososSupremely skilled performers
- maestrosExpert musical directors
- gurusVenerated teachers or experts
experts · authorities · specialists · savants · connoisseurs · grandmasters · doyens · veterans · aces · pros
kingmakers
Those who decide leadership
- power-brokersThose wielding hidden influence
- dealmakersThose who negotiate agreements
- fixersThose who restore function
gatekeepers · networkers · connectors · tastemakers · trendsetters
supremosunderlings
Lower-ranked employees
subordinates · minions · lackeys · peons · flunkies
- Supreme CourtNation's top tribunal
- white supremacyDoctrine of racial superiority
- supreme lawHighest legal authority
- reign supremeHold uncontested power
- supreme pizzaFully topped pizza variety
- Supreme Court of CanadaHighest appellate court nationally
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