HEADMAN Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

headman

noun

Definition of headman

as in leader

the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do as headman at the newspaper 20 years ago, he hired the then-promising young reporter who won this year's Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting

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Recent Examples of headman While new headman Jesse Minter ought to at least fix their defense, the big question may be Lamar Jackson’s health. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2026 After Mattias Samuelsson checked Kaprizov off the puck and cleared the zone, Filip Gustavsson alertly gathered the puck and made a long headman pass to Kaprizov to catch some tired penalty killers changing. — Michael Russo, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026 The New York Giants were the first team to have a head coach non-vacancy, with former Baltimore Ravens headman John Harbaugh taking his services to the Big Apple. — Jim Reineking, USA Today, 16 Jan. 2026 The child’s uncle, Salim Güran — the village headman — had been arrested earlier in the probe, per Hürriyet Daily News. — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for headman

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Noun

Kabila's new Front for the Refoundation of the Nation, or FRN, includes rebel groups formerly united under the Congo River Alliance, whose former leader Corneille Nangaa will serve as one of the new coalition's two vice presidents.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
When even the CEOs of the companies leading the AI race warn of the risk of potentially losing control of their own technology, the need for leaders who approach its adoption with caution, accountability, and sound judgement has never been so clear.

— Rumman Chowdhury, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of leader

Noun

Rooms in the back of the second and third floors had mahogany window frames that peered into the main space, allowing a foreman to supervise workers.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of foreman

Noun

Banijay bosses Jeff Zucker, Marco Bassetti and Jane Turton were in Cannes along with David Decker, the executive handed the Skydance content sales keys by David Ellison.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
Durham was later apprehended and served time in prison for the crime, but not before selling the paintings to a notorious crime boss who was later found in possession of the art.

— Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of boss

Noun

New Skydance content sales chief David Decker was all smiles at the WBD stand, able to look over and see his new Paramount colleagues just along the beachfront.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
Her responsibilities were to be handed to Josh Huck, the deputy chief of mission and a senior diplomat with extensive experience in the region.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of chief

Noun

The production is one reason at least one team captain thinks this is the best TCU defense in years.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2026
That night, it would be signed by the oceanographer, former Navy captain, and retired astronaut Kathryn Sullivan—the first person to both walk in outer space and visit the deepest point of the ocean, in the Mariana Trench.

— Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of captain

Noun

The service is also working through practical challenges, including how drones will be deployed and maintained, how pilots will manage their workload, and how commanders can trust autonomous aircraft to behave predictably in complex environments.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
The video shows Putin wearing military uniform and greeting senior Russian commanders.

— Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026

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