COMMANDERSHIP Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

commandership

noun

Definition of commandership

as in chieftainship

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Noun

Almost three decades later, Jil Sander, now under the creative directorship of Simone Bellotti, and Puma are back together again.

— Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
That's because the legacy news program is under a mandate for updates and change under the new directorship of executive producer Nick Bilton.

— Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of directorship

Noun

These chapters exist under the headship of the National Students for Justice in Palestine, who distributed a toolkit identifying themselves as part of the Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.

— Jeremiah Poff, Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2023
If people question the absolute infallibility of scripture, perhaps favoring a more literary or historical approach, then the case for male headship collapses.

— Audrey Clare Farley, The New Republic, 3 Jan. 2022

Definition of headship

Noun

The 28-point victory also marked the second-largest by which Clemson has lost at home in Dabo Swinney’s 19-year run at the helm of the program.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026
Since most people don't share my enthusiasm for admiring brigade controls, Rolls-Royce has come up with a way to re-engineer the helm to tuck the gubbins away until needed again.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2026

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