EXECUTIVE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • persons who administer the law
   Hypernyms(s) executive is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • administration (what does administration mean?)
   • governance (what does governance mean?)
   • governing body (what does governing body mean?)
   • establishment (what does establishment mean?)
   • brass (what does brass mean?)
   • organization (what does organization mean?)
   • organisation (what does organisation mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Clinton administration (what does Clinton administration mean?)
   • Bush administration (what does Bush administration mean?)
   • Reagan administration (what does Reagan administration mean?)
   • Carter administration (what does Carter administration mean?)
2. Meaning
   • someone who manages a government agency or department
   Synonym(s)
   • administrator (what does administrator mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) executive is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • head (what does head mean?)
   • chief (what does chief mean?)
   • top dog (what does top dog mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • commissioner (what does commissioner mean?)
   • Director of Central Intelligence (what does Director of Central Intelligence mean?)
   • DCI (what does DCI mean?)
   • prefect (what does prefect mean?)
   • Secretary General (what does Secretary General mean?)
   • triumvir (what does triumvir mean?)
   • Raffles (what does Raffles mean?)
   • Sir Thomas Raffles (what does Sir Thomas Raffles mean?)
   • Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (what does Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles mean?)
   • Stuyvesant (what does Stuyvesant mean?)
   • Peter Stuyvesant (what does Peter Stuyvesant mean?)
   • Petrus Stuyvesant (what does Petrus Stuyvesant mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • administer (what does administer mean?)
   • administrate (what does administrate mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a person responsible for the administration of a business
   Synonym(s)
   • executive director (what does executive director mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) executive is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • administrator (what does administrator mean?)
   • decision maker (what does decision maker mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • corporate executive (what does corporate executive mean?)
   • business executive (what does business executive mean?)
   • minister (what does minister mean?)
   • government minister (what does government minister mean?)
   • rainmaker (what does rainmaker mean?)
   • Surgeon General (what does Surgeon General mean?)
   • vice president (what does vice president mean?)
   • V.P. (what does V.P. mean?)

EXECUTIVE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc.
   Usage Example(s)
   • the executive branch
   Pertainym(s)
   • execution (what does execution mean?)
   • implementation (what does implementation mean?)
   • carrying out (what does carrying out mean?)