'Commander' definitions:
Definition of 'commander'
From: WordNet
noun
An officer in command of a military unit [syn: commanding officer, commandant, commander]
noun
Someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others
noun
A commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain
noun
An officer in the airforce [syn: air force officer, commander]
Definition of 'Commander'
From: GCIDE
- Commander \Com*mand"er\, n. [Cf. F. commandeur. Cf. Commodore, Commender.]
- 1. A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it. [1913 Webster]
- A leader and commander to the people. --Is. lv. 4. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Navy) An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The chief officer of a commandery. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Commander in chief, the military title of the officer who has supreme command of the land or naval forces or the united forces of a nation or state; a generalissimo. The President is commander in chief of the army and navy of the United States.
- Syn: See Chief. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'commander'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- A per se,
- ace,
- ADC,
- admiral,
- aide,
- aide-de-camp,
- boatswain,
- boss,
- brigadier,
- brigadier general,
- captain,
- castellan,
- champion,
- chatelain,
- chatelaine,
- chicken colonel,
- chief,
- chief engineer,
- chief mate,
- chief of staff,
- chief petty officer,
- CO,
- colonel,
- commandant,
- commander in chief,
- commanding officer,
- commissioned officer,
- commodore,
- company officer,
- dean,
- deck officer,
- director,
- ensign,
- exec,
- executive,
- executive officer,
- field marshal,
- field officer,
- first lieutenant,
- five-star general,
- fleet admiral,
- four-star general,
- fugleman,
- general,
- general officer,
- generalissimo,
- genius,
- governor,
- head,
- higher-up,
- intendant,
- jemadar,
- junior officer,
- laureate,
- leader,
- lieutenant,
- lieutenant colonel,
- lieutenant commander,
- lieutenant general,
- lieutenant junior grade,
- major,
- major general,
- manager,
- marechal,
- marshal,
- master,
- mate,
- naval officer,
- navarch,
- navigating officer,
- navigator,
- nonpareil,
- OD,
- officer,
- one-star general,
- orderly officer,
- paragon,
- patron,
- petty officer,
- pipes,
- principal,
- prodigy,
- quartermaster,
- rear admiral,
- risaldar,
- ruler,
- sailing master,
- second mate,
- senior,
- senior officer,
- shavetail,
- shipmaster,
- sirdar,
- skipper,
- staff officer,
- star,
- subahdar,
- subaltern,
- sublieutenant,
- superior,
- superman,
- superstar,
- the brass,
- the greatest,
- the most,
- the Old Man,
- three-star general,
- top brass,
- top dog,
- two-star general,
- vice admiral,
- virtuoso,
- warrant officer,
- watch officer
Words containing 'Commander'
- Command,
- Commandable,
- Commandant,
- Commanded,
- Commandeer,
- Commandeered,
- Commandeering,
- Commanding,
- Commandingly,
- Commandment,
- The Commandments,
- Commander in chief,
- Knights commanders,
- Lieutenant commander,
- Ten Commandments,
- The Ten Commandments,
- Word of command,
- command guidance,
- command key,
- command language,
- command line,
- command module,
- command of language,
- command overhead,
- command post,
- command prompt,
- commanding officer,
- commandments the ten,
- high command,
- naval commander,
- system command,
- wing commander,
- Self-command,
- air combat command,
- allied command atlantic,
- allied command europe,
- command line interface,
- command processing overhead,
- command sergeant major,
- criminal investigation command,
- second-in-command,
- air force space command,
- command processing overhead time,
- supreme allied commander atlantic,
- supreme allied commander europe,
- popular front for the liberation of palestine-general command