'Executive' definitions:
Definition of 'executive'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc.; "the executive branch"
noun
A person responsible for the administration of a business [syn: executive, executive director]
noun
Persons who administer the law
noun
Someone who manages a government agency or department [syn: administrator, executive]
Definition of 'Executive'
From: GCIDE
- Executive \Ex*ec"u*tive\, a. [Cf.F. ex['e]cutif.]
- 1. Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties, officer, department, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Note: In government, executive is distinguished from legislative and judicial; legislative being applied to the organ or organs of government which make the laws; judicial, to that which interprets and applies the laws; executive, to that which carries them into effect or secures their due performance. [1913 Webster]
- 2. of or pertaining to an executive[2] or to the group of executives within an organization; as, executive compensation increased more rapidly than wages in the 1980's; the executive suite. [PJC]
Definition of 'Executive'
From: GCIDE
- Executive \Ex*ec"u*tive\, n.
- 1. An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body. [1913 Webster]
- 2. a person who has administrative authority over an organization or division of an organization; a manager, supervisor or administrator at a high level within an organization; as, all executives of the company were given stock options [PJC]
Synonyms of 'executive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- administrating,
- administration,
- administrative,
- administrator,
- archon,
- big cheese,
- board,
- board of directors,
- board of regents,
- board of trustees,
- boss,
- bureaucratic,
- businessman,
- businesswoman,
- cabinet,
- cadre,
- captain,
- castellan,
- chancellor,
- chatelain,
- chatelaine,
- chief executive,
- chief executive officer,
- commandant,
- commander,
- council,
- dean,
- directing,
- director,
- directorate,
- directorship,
- directory,
- entrepreneur,
- exec,
- executive arm,
- executive committee,
- executive director,
- executive hierarchy,
- executive officer,
- executive secretary,
- foreman,
- governing,
- governing board,
- governing body,
- government,
- governmental,
- governor,
- gubernatorial,
- head,
- infrastructure,
- intendant,
- interlocking directorate,
- kingpin,
- leader,
- leadership,
- magistrate,
- management,
- manager,
- managerial,
- managing,
- managing director,
- master,
- ministerial,
- number one,
- officer,
- official,
- officiating,
- overseer,
- prefect,
- president,
- presiding,
- prexy,
- principal,
- provost,
- regulatory,
- ruler,
- secretary,
- steering committee,
- superintendent,
- supervision,
- supervisor,
- supervisory,
- the administration,
- the brass,
- the executive,
- the people upstairs,
- top brass,
- top dog,
- treasurer,
- vice-chancellor,
- vice-president,
- warden
Words containing 'Executive'
- Executable,
- Executant,
- Execute,
- Executed,
- Executer,
- Executing,
- Execution,
- Executively,
- executability,
- Executive council,
- Life of an execution,
- Service of an execution,
- To serve an execution,
- account executive,
- business executive,
- chief executive,
- concurrent execution,
- corporate executive,
- execution of instrument,
- execution sale,
- execution speed,
- executive agency,
- executive branch,
- executive clemency,
- executive department,
- executive director,
- executive officer,
- executive program,
- executive routine,
- executive secretary,
- executive session,
- instruction execution,
- instrument of execution,
- stay of execution,
- top executive,
- writ of execution,
- chief executive officer,
- executive office of the president,
- executive vice president