taskmaster
Demanding work assigner
A taskmaster is someone who assigns work and demands it be done, especially with strict or exacting standards.
The word often carries connotations of harshness: Her new boss was a real taskmaster.
You can be your own taskmaster, holding yourself to rigorous expectations.
The term appears in contexts ranging from workplace supervision to self-discipline.
Workplace superior
- supervisorOne who directs workers
- overseerOne who monitors work
- foremanWorker who directs others
- managerOne who directs others
director · superintendent · chief · slave driver · disciplinarian · drill sergeant · commander · enforcer
Requiring great effort
- exactingDemanding great care
- rigorousExtremely thorough and careful
- harshUnpleasantly severe or rough
- sternStrict or ship's aft
uncompromising · relentless · meticulous · perfectionist · hard-driving · unyielding · tough · no-nonsense
boss
Workplace superior
- supervisorOne who directs workers
- overseerOne who monitors work
- foremanWorker who directs others
manager · director · superintendent · chief · slave driver · disciplinarian · drill sergeant · commander · enforcer · tyrant
demanding
Requiring great effort
stern · uncompromising · relentless · meticulous · perfectionist · hard-driving · unyielding · tough · no-nonsense · authoritarian
- bossesboss, bossman, manager, supervisor, foreman
- difficult peopleegomaniac, egotist, nitpicker, drama queen, control freak
- overseersoverseer, supervisor, superintendent, monitor, foreman
- supervisorssupervisor, foreman, overseer, superintendent, boss
- boss typesmicromanager, tyrant, delegator, dictator, perfectionist
- doersdoer, doers, workers, go-getter, makers