CONDUCTORS Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

conductors

noun

plural of conductor

as in directors

a person who directs a musical ensemble The orchestra thanked their conductor for pulling together such a memorable performance.

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a person who collects money or fares on a train or bus She asked the train's conductor when they would arrive at the next station.

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Recent Examples of conductors Unlike the Vienna Philharmonic, which has no music director and engages only guest conductors, Berlin is led by a single musician with a distinct personality. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 The conductors who oversee the recording of the movie scores are portrayed as hyper-demanding corporate perfectionists. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026 Musically schooled in Vienna, Higginson hired the players, chose the conductors, and shouldered the deficits. — Joseph Horowitz, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026 Dudamel, who served as music and artistic director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for 17 years, joins a list of lead conductors at the NY Phil that includes Leonard Bernstein (1958–1969), Gustav Mahler (1909-1911) and Zubin Mehta (1978–1991). — Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2026 Kill Current is rooted in the issues shaping today’s world — semi-conductors, global supply chains, technological and information warfare. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026 These layers can be conductors, insulators, or semiconductor materials and may be only a few nanometers thick. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra is searching for a new music director, so the 2026-27 season will be full of guest conductors, many of whom could be candidates to be the orchestra's new leader. — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2026 The crowds ignored the best efforts of the protest leaders to act as disciplinary conductors and reveled in their own playful spontaneity, their slogans and posters heaping colorful profanities on the prime minister. — Asim Ali, Time, 1 Aug. 2026

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Noun

University personnel were on-site to support the visiting teams and sent an apology email to the recreation directors at the affected schools, as well as the presidents of the participating teams.

— Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026
But much like the way studios and directors of the 1960s and ’70s embraced the once-taboo profanity and nudity, this year AI has found a new wave of advocates eager to go public.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of directors

Noun

Standing up for carriage drivers cannot mean chaining their futures to a dying trade that risks lives every time a horse panics in traffic.

— Al Sharpton, New York Daily News, 14 Oct. 2026
As often happens, weather played its part, suppressing the crowd size and making life complicated for the teams and drivers on track.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of drivers

Noun

The Universal Composers Initiative reflects that commitment by providing emerging, high-achieving composers with meaningful, real-world opportunities to grow their careers within our studio ecosystem.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Kwapis consulted with composers, musicologists, record producers, and culture writers to provide commentary for the film.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of composers

Noun

The rapper blazed through an eight-song set in 18 minutes, taking only brief pauses to shout out her backing musicians and, at one point, remark on the lack of Maryland crab cakes in her rider.

— Walden Green, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2026
Football too is a collective effort, where no player achieves greatness alone; musicians are supported by an entire ecosystem of peers, producers, engineers and creative talent.

— Rachel Ingram, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of musicians

Noun

The latest friction and finger-pointing between the two leaders is yet another data point in what has been at times a combustible relationship.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026
The older contingent of media and entertainment leaders have to come to grips with the fact that the world’s population is getting younger.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of leaders

Noun

Brian Avery, a legal and risk professor at the University of Florida, said investigators will look at video footage, maintenance logs and statements from witnesses and ride attendants.

— Nicole Brown Chau, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Bayona also described enforcement hurdles that Miami code compliance inspectors must overcome, such as being denied entry into condos by front-desk attendants.

— Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

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