employer

noun

Definition of employernext
as in administrator
a person or company that has people who do work for wages or a salary; a person or company that has employees It was the employer's responsibility to improve workplace safety. Your travel expenses should be paid for by your employer.

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Recent Examples of employer But employers, relatives, friends, local governments and philanthropic groups can also pitch in. — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 An address, employer or occupation can help distinguish you from another person with the same name. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 The suspension affects a process through which US employers must demonstrate that hiring a foreign worker will not adversely affect wages or job opportunities for American workers. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026 His employer rents out the robots for events such as OpenAI’s conference. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for employer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for employer
  1. administrator
  2. executive
  3. manager
  4. general
  5. steward
  6. boss
  7. supervisor
  8. director
Noun
  • Two Rogers High School administrators were later charged with failing to make a mandatory report.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • For administrators running youth clubs, academies and athletic programs, inclusion should not begin after a child struggles.
    — Irma Davarashvili, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of administrator
Noun
  • Several Japanese nationals, including executives at top Japanese firms, were reportedly detained in August over alleged violations of dual-use goods export restrictions.
    — Anniek Bao,Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026
  • This year, for example, Regan dropped an initiative that would have restricted hospital executives’ pay, in exchange for the California Hospital Association not imposing new administrative hurdles on unions pursuing political campaigns.
    — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of executive
Noun
  • Heather immediately shows off her Japanese with the hotel manager.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
  • With restaurant manager Ma Junsheng (Jiang Qiming), Xu Fu turns the failing restaurant into a going concern.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of manager
Noun
  • According to the guidelines, the method is recommended to the secretary by the provost marshal general.
    — Meagan Harris, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The boutique hotel is built on a love story—where a 19th-century British general fell in love with an Indian princess, who later took her grief and rich colour palette to Saint Tropez.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of general
Noun
  • This new crop of gadgets, however, asks you to be a more active steward of other people’s privacy.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026
  • All itineraries include an overnight stay, 24-hour steward service, meals with a sommelier’s choice of wine and unlimited soft drinks, and transfers.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of steward
Noun
  • Hey, the boss needs a favor In a November 2025 Reddit post, one person described buying $800 in Target gift cards on their second day at a new job after receiving an email impersonating their boss.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Greg Yacoubian, a labor attorney, said there is little incentive for the current system to change because the costs of lawsuits are passed on to taxpayers — not the officers involved in misconduct and their bosses.
    — Sean Greene, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of boss
Noun
  • Sonoma County supervisors on Tuesday issued an emergency proclamation ahead of the developing El Niño season that is predicted to cause heavy rain during the winter.
    — Senior Editor, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Alina Garcia, Miami-Dade County's supervisor of elections, told reporters Monday that ICE and other law enforcement agents will not be present inside any election polling site in the county.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of supervisor
Noun
  • The plane was carrying out a medical evacuation in Bermuda, said Clarence Togeretz, the director of flight operations at Latitude Air Ambulance, which operates the plane.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Sparkle Rainey is a youth activist and communications director at Young People's Alliance.
    — Sparkle Rainey Tribune News Service, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of director

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“Employer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employer. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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