director

noun

də-ˈrek-tər How to pronounce director (audio)
Definition of directornext
1
as in manager
a person who manages or directs something the new director of the company plans to make a number of changes in daily operations

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2
as in producer
a person who supervises the production of a stage show the director of the drama club's next production will be a student

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Recent Examples of director Steven Tian is research director of the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute and former quantitative analyst at Rockefeller Capital Management. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Steven Tian and Stephen Henriques, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026 Paul Fronstin, director of health benefits research at the nonprofit Employee Benefit Research Institute, told ABC News. — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026 Shawn Domagal-Goldman, director of NASA’s Astrophysics Division, compares them to photographers exploring a forest. — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, agreed with those concerns. — Nicholas Riccardi, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for director
Recent Examples of Synonyms for director
  1. manager
  2. producer
  3. executive
  4. stage director
  5. administrator
  6. superintendent
  7. supervisor
Noun
  • During a news conference Wednesday, general manager Brian Gutekunst was asked if the Packers would need to add another running back in the event Jacobs faced charges and got suspended.
    — Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Brewers manager Pat Murphy had a discussion with third base umpire and crew chief Vic Carapazza in the third, when Misiorowski fell behind 2-0 on Francisco Alvarez following a walk to Morel.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of manager
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  • Disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz have sharply curtailed LNG exports from key Gulf producers such as Qatar during Europe's gas-storage refill season.
    — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Apichatpong serves as a producer on 9 Temples to Heaven alongside Kissada Kamyoung.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of producer
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
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  • New movie about Bay Area legend Writer, filmmaker and stage director Luis Valdez, who spent much of his life in the South Bay, is the subject of an award-winning movie that’s screening in local theaters.
    — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 30 July 2026
  • Starring Stephen Fung, Chrissie Chau, Myolie Wu, and Angela Yuen, the film follows a celebrated stage director whose grip on the boundary between theater and reality begins to dissolve during the casting of a new production.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 June 2026
Definition of stage 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 state superintendent would need approval from the president of the State Board of Education, or the president's designee, before taking that step.
    — Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • For 10 years prior to that, Villont’s jobs included director of educational technology, assistant principal, principal and regional superintendent for the Diocese of Rockford.
    — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of superintendent
Noun
  • Hoffenberg has insinuated that fellow Democrat Chris Getty, the Lyons Township supervisor, improperly accessed the video and had a hand in leaking information about the footage to Gorman.
    — Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The supervisors voted unanimously to advance the moratorium, and the crowd erupted.
    — Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of supervisor

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“Director.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/director. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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