executive
Meanings
Plural: executives
Noun
- a person responsible for the administration of a business
- persons who administer the law
- someone who manages a government agency or department
- A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.
- The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.
- A process that coordinates and governs the action of other processes or threads; supervisor.
Adjective
- having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc.
- "the executive branch"
Adj
- Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect.
- Of, pertaining to, or having responsibility for the day-to-day running of an organisation, business, country, etc.
- Exclusive.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French executif, from Latin executivus, from Latin exsequi, from ex- ‘out’ + sequi ‘follow’.
Synonyms
administrator, executive director
Scrabble Score: 21
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Words With Friends Score: 24
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