| executive | | |
| n. (person) | 1. executive, executive director | a person responsible for the administration of a business. |
| ~ administrator, decision maker | someone who administers a business. |
| ~ business executive, corporate executive | an executive in a business corporation. |
| ~ government minister, minister | a person appointed to a high office in the government.; "Minister of Finance" |
| ~ rainmaker | executive who is very successful in bringing in business to his company or firm. |
| ~ surgeon general | the head of the United States Public Health Service. |
| ~ v.p., vice president | an executive officer ranking immediately below a president; may serve in the president's place under certain circumstances. |
| n. (group) | 2. executive | persons who administer the law. |
| ~ authorities, government, regime | the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit.; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities" |
| ~ governance, governing body, organisation, administration, brass, establishment, organization | the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something.; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment" |
| ~ bush administration | the executive under President George W. Bush. |
| ~ clinton administration | the executive under President Clinton. |
| ~ bush administration | the executive under President George H. W. Bush. |
| ~ reagan administration | the executive under President Reagan. |
| ~ carter administration | the executive under President Carter. |
| n. (person) | 3. administrator, executive | someone who manages a government agency or department. |
| ~ commissioner | a government administrator. |
| ~ dci, director of central intelligence | the head of the United States Intelligence Community and director of the Central Intelligence Agency. |
| ~ chief, top dog, head | a person who is in charge.; "the head of the whole operation" |
| ~ prefect | a chief officer or chief magistrate.; "the prefect of Paris police" |
| ~ secretary general | a person who is a chief administrator (as of the United Nations). |
| ~ triumvir | one of a group of three sharing public administration or civil authority especially in ancient Rome. |
| ~ raffles, sir thomas raffles, sir thomas stamford raffles | British colonial administrator who founded Singapore (1781-1826). |
| ~ peter stuyvesant, petrus stuyvesant, stuyvesant | the last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592-1672). |
| adj. (pertain) | 4. executive | having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc..; "the executive branch" |
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