People and roles

Synonyms for boss

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 5, Summit · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 5, SummitPeople and roles

a person responsible for hiring workers

The boss hired three more men for the new job.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

hirer

Same sentence, swapped: The hirer hired three more men for the new job.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for boss as it is used in the sentence above.

cool
husband
handle

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