Synonyms for director
dɪˈrɛk tər, daɪ-di·rec·tor

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1. director

   Synonyms:
   ruler, controller, manager, master, leader, guide

   Antonyms:
   body, company, institution, concern, subordinate, follower

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1. director, manager, managing directornoun

   someone who controls resources and expenditures

   Synonyms:
   conductor, theater director, managing director, manager, film director, theatre director, music director, handler, coach

2. directornoun

   member of a board of directors

   Synonyms:
   theatre director, conductor, theater director, managing director, manager, music director, film director

3. director, theater director, theatre directornoun

   someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show

   Synonyms:
   conductor, theater director, managing director, manager, film director, theatre director, music director

4. film director, directornoun

   the person who directs the making of a film

   Synonyms:
   conductor, theater director, managing director, manager, film director, theatre director, music director

5. conductor, music director, directornoun

   the person who leads a musical group

   Synonyms:
   conductor, theater director, managing director, manager, film director, theatre director, music director

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1. • Committee Member
   • Film Maker

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1. impresario

   direct people

   Submitted by rinat on August 20, 2019  

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1. directornoun

   Synonyms:
   superintendent, manager, BOSS

2. directornoun

   Synonyms:
   guide, counsellor, adviser, instructor, mentor, monitor

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1. List of paraphrases for "director":

   steering, manager, directeur, chief, warden, superintendent, directors, administrator, directrice, head, headmaster, officer, direktor, guiding, master, directora, principal, headmistress, director-, director-general, registrar, governing, filmmaker, editor, officers

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1. Former CIA Director James Woolsey:

   I think it's going to be very hard to find a good FBI director who is willing to operate under the circumstances that we've seen this week.

2. Moon Jae-in:

   One rule I always follow, never predict what happens in South Korean politics. PRISONER OF NORTH KOREA: AN AMERICAN SAFE AT HOME SHARES HIS ORDEAL The polls have been volatile during the 30 days of the election campaign process, but Moon has held a steady lead throughout, said Scott Snyder, a senior fellow for Korea studies and director of the program on U.S.-Korea policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. There will be new tensions in the U.S.- ROK alliance relationship that have not been there under conservative governments over the course of the past 8 or 9 years.

3. Ben Sasse:

   You can't work for Huawei and then work for the Director of National Intelligence, he says that he was just helping Republican Senators understand American regulations, but he knows full well that the Chinese Communist Party isn't interested in following the law -- Republican Senators're interested in skirting the law.

4. Olivia Wilde:

   Florence is a force, we are so grateful that Florence Pugh's able to make it tonight despite being in production on' Dune.' I know as a director how disruptive it is to lose an actor even for a day, so I'm very grateful to Florence Pugh, very grateful to Denis Villeneuve( director of' Dune : Part Two') for helping us, and we're really thrilled we'll get to celebrate Florence Pugh work tonight.

5. Jim Spellman/Getty Images:

   Our [assistant director, Dave Halls] never seemed flippant about safety, he may have in other shows, but he wasn't like that on ours. Obviously he screwed up majorly that day. He was stressed because the camera walkout had us an hour and a half behind and he made the most horrible call he could make.