executive

1. 1.

   a person responsible for the administration of a business

   Synonymsexecutive director

   Broaderadministrator

   Narrowercorporate executiveministerrainmakerSurgeon Generalvice president
2. 2.

   persons who administer the law

   Broaderadministration

   NarrowerBush administrationClinton administrationReagan administrationCarter administration

   Part ofgovernment
3. 3.

   someone who manages a government agency or department

   Synonymsadministrator

   Broaderhead

   NarrowercommissionerDirector of Central IntelligenceprefectSecretary GeneraltriumvirRafflesStuyvesant

1. 1.

   having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc.

   “the executive branch”

Other forms of executive

plural

executives·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about executive

What does executive mean?

executive means "a person responsible for the administration of a business". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in executive?

executive has 4 syllables: ex-ec-u-tive. The stress falls on "ec". In IPA it is /ɪɡˈzɛkjətɪv/.

What is another word for executive?

Close synonyms include executive director, administrator. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is executive a common word?

executive is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.