ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

V. direct, manage, govern, conduct; order, prescribe, cut out work for; bead, lead; lead
the way, show the way; take the lead, lead on; regulate, guide, steer, pilot; tackle, take the
helm, be at the helm; have the reins, handle the reins, hold the reins, take the reins; drive,
tool.
superintend, supervise; overlook, control, keep in order, look after, see to, legislate
for; administer, ministrate † ; matronize † ; have the care of, have the charge of; be in charge
of, have charge of, take the direction; boss, boss one around; pull the strings, pull the
wires; rule &c (command) 737; have the direction, hold office, hold the portfolio; preside,
preside at the board; take the chair, occupy the chair, be in the chair; pull the stroke oar.
Adj. directing &c v.; hegemonic.
Adv. at the helm, at the head of.
694. Director -- N. director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller.
superintendent, supervisor, straw boss; intendant; overseer, overlooker † ; supercargo † ,
husband, inspector, visitor, ranger, surveyor, aedile † ; moderator, monitor, taskmaster;
master &c 745; leader, ringleader, demagogue, corypheus, conductor, fugleman † ,
precentor † , bellwether, agitator; caporal † , choregus † , collector, file leader, flugelman † ,
linkboy † .
guiding star &c (guidance) 693; adviser &c 695; guide &c (information) 527; pilot;
helmsman; steersman, steermate † ; wire-puller.
driver, whip, Jehu, charioteer; coachman, carman, cabman; postilion, vetturino † ,
muleteer, arriero † , teamster; whipper in.
head, head man, head center, boss; principal, president, speaker; chair, chairman,
chairwoman, chairperson; captain &c (master) 745; superior; mayor &c (civil authority)
745; vice president, prime minister, premier, vizier, grand vizier, eparch † .
officer, functionary, minister, official, red-tapist † , bureaucrat; man in office, Jack in
office; office bearer; person in authority &c 745.
statesman, strategist, legislator, lawgiver, politician, statist † , statemonger † ; Minos,
Draco; arbiter &c (judge) 967; boss [U.S.], political dictator.
board &c (council) 696.
secretary, secretary of state; Reis Effendi; vicar &c (deputy) 759; steward, factor;
agent &c 758; bailiff, middleman; foreman, clerk of works; landreeve † ; factotum, majordomo
† , seneschal, housekeeper, shepherd, croupier; proctor, procurator.
Adv. ex officio.
695. Advice -- N. advice, counsel, adhortation † ; word to the wise; suggestion,
submonition † , recommendation, advocacy; advisement.
exhortation &c (persuasion) 615; expostulation &c (dissuasion) 616; admonition &c
(warning) 668; guidance &c (direction) 693.
instruction, charge, injunction, obtestation † ; Governor's message, President's message;
King's message, Queen's speech; message, speech from the throne.
adviser, prompter; counsel, counselor; monitor, mentor, Nestor, magnus Apollo [Lat.],
senator; teacher &c 540.
guide, manual, chart &c (information) 527.
physician, doctor, leech † , archiater † .
arbiter &c (judge) 967.