bossnoun [ C ]
uk/bɒs/us/bɑːs/boss noun [ C ] (MANAGER)
A2 the person who is in charge of an organization and who tells others what to do:
She was the boss of a large international company.
I started up my own business and now I'm my own boss (= I work for myself and no one tells me what to do).
informal Who's the boss (= the person who makes all the important decisions) in your house?
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- I informed my boss that I was going to be away next week.
- His boss gave him a severe reprimand for being late.
- "How are you getting on with your new boss?" "Not bad."
- I asked my boss if I could have some time off to go to the dentist.
- As a boss you have to delegate responsibilities to your staff.
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Bosses & managers
- administration
- captain of industry
- CEO
- chief executive
- chief executive officer
- founder
- gangmaster
- general
- Goliath
- governance
- governor
- magnate
- manager
- manageress
- managing director
- middle management
- overseer
- taskmaster
- top brass
- vice president
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boss noun [ C ] (DECORATION)
a raised rounded decoration, such as on a shield or a ceiling
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Patterns and shapes
- amorphous
- arabesque
- argyle
- bar
- cake
- contour
- geometry
- marbled
- misshapen
- motif
- mottled
- paisley
- silhouette
- spotted
- streak
- stripe
- striped
- stripy
- styloid
- take shape idiom
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Idiom(s)
like a boss
bossverb [ T usually + adv/prep ]
uk/bɒs/us/bɑːs/informal disapprovingto tell someone what to do all the time:
I wish he'd stop bossing me around/about.
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Giving orders & commands
- all-points bulletin
- bade
- bossyboots
- chain of command
- charge
- crack the whip idiom
- defy
- demand
- enjoin
- expect
- forget
- harry
- lay down the law idiom
- mandate
- ordain
- order sb around
- overbearing
- prescribed
- steamroller
- stick
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bossadjective
uk/bɒs/us/bɑːs/slangvery good or excellent:
It was a boss party.
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Informal words for good
- A-OK
- ace
- amazeballs
- apple pie
- awesomesauce
- badass
- champion
- jim-dandy
- juicy
- killer
- knock
- knock spots off sth idiom
- magic
- rule
- sight
- smashing
- some
- splendiferous
- steal the show/scene idiom
- stupendous
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