employer

noun

Definition of employernext
as in administrator
a person or company that has people who do work for wages or a salary; a person or company that has employees It was the employer's responsibility to improve workplace safety. Your travel expenses should be paid for by your employer.

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Recent Examples of employer Maintaining compliance, retaining documentation, producing meaningful reports and building employer awareness also remain ongoing obstacles to broader participation. — Paul Toomey, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026 The village's largest employers are a prison, a hospital and a mill that makes wood siding. — Russ McNamara, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026 And this mission suits Lamb just fine, because IPC also owns the Daily Mirror, and Lamb is out for revenge against his employers for not promoting him. — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026 The previous report for July showed that the jobs market stalled, with employers cutting positions. — Damian J. Troise, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for employer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for employer
  1. administrator
  2. executive
  3. manager
  4. general
  5. steward
  6. boss
  7. supervisor
  8. director
Noun
  • Worse, the su binary—the code that provides the command-line interface allowing users with low-level system rights to temporarily gain administrator-level access—is set to grant root without any authentication.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Three months ago, Jimmy Morales was one of the most powerful administrators in local government, serving as a top deputy to Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of administrator
Noun
  • The states presented evidence that senior executives at Meta, intent on maximizing their company’s growth, had repeatedly set aside concerns about what its products were doing to its youngest users.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Senior executives at Nordstrom have made their human customer interactions part of their brand identity as well.
    — John Hall, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of executive
Noun
  • According to a probable cause affidavit, the former campaign manager gave local police a black nylon glove that Ross is alleged to have provided in June.
    — Ava Kelley, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Commissioner Roberto Gonzalez, who represents a suburban area in western Miami-Dade, urged Levine Cava to find savings by reducing multiple layers of senior directors standing between the mayor and front-line managers and county workers.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of manager
Noun
  • The prosecutor general’s office has stopped updating crime data; the Treasury has ceased publishing detailed budget information; and the central bank has restricted disclosure of international reserves.
    — Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026
  • For example, in 2017, President Nicolas Maduro named a National Guard general with no industry experience to lead PDVSA.
    — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of general
Noun
  • Stewart and Wilson have been the co-stewards of this era of USA Basketball, but the New York Liberty superstar is the only one in Berlin.
    — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Taylor Swift’s love of historical homes Swift has proven to be a careful steward of architectural history.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of steward
Noun
  • More than a decade ago, the two researchers were introduced by their mutual boss, the chancellor at UCSF, who encouraged them to collaborate.
    — Pien Huang, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Starring Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, the movie portrays three working women who rebel against their sexist boss.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of boss
Noun
  • The Nepal Electricity Authority named the two men who were rescued alive as 30-year-old Sanjay Sah, a mechanical foreman from Saptari district in eastern Nepal, and Kabir Maharjan, 45, a mechanical supervisor from Kathmandu.
    — Bhadra Sharma, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Officials identified them as a mechanical foreman and a mechanical supervisor at the Trishuli 3A plant.
    — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of supervisor
Noun
  • Frank Lenk, director of economic research at the Mid-America Regional Council, said automotive goods are one of Kansas City’s largest exports, and many of those products go back and forth across the border with Canada.
    — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Tonette Mendoza, a former college player who is now the executive director of the Philippine Tennis Association, first saw a six-or-seven-year-old Eala play at a local tournament.
    — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of director

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“Employer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employer. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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