HyperDic is a hyper-dictionary based on WordNet 2.1. This version links 147,249 word forms.
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| Shopping | The largest selection of BOSS products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| ADJECTIVE | 1 | boss, brag | Exceptionally good |
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| NOUN | 1 | boss, foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho | A person who exercises control over workers |
| 2 | boss, hirer | A person responsible for hiring workers | |
| 3 | boss | A person who exercises control and makes decisions | |
| 4 | boss, party boss, political boss | A leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments | |
| 5 | boss, knob | A circular rounded projection or protuberance | |
| VERB | 1 | boss, emboss, stamp | Raise in a relief |
| Sounds | baa's; bao's |
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| Rhymes | albatross, Alsace, Bos, and 16 more rhymes in aas... |
| across, applesauce, cos, and 18 more rhymes in aos... |
| Meaning | Exceptionally good. |
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| Examples | "a boss hand at carpentry" |
| Synonyms | brag |
| Similar to | superior |
| Usage | colloquialism |
| Meaning | A person who exercises control over workers. |
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| Synonyms | foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho |
| Broader | supervisor |
| Narrower | baas; ganger; straw boss, assistant foreman |
| Adjectives | bossy; bossy |
| Meaning | A person responsible for hiring workers. |
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| Examples | "the boss hired three more men for the new job" |
| Synonyms | hirer |
| Broader | employer |
| Narrower | guvnor; old man |
| Meaning | A person who exercises control and makes decisions. |
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| Examples | "he is his own boss now" |
| Broader | leader |
| Narrower | drug baron, drug lord |
| Meaning | A leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments. |
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| Examples | "party bosses have a reputation for corruption" |
| Synonyms | party boss, political boss |
| Broader | politician, politico, pol, political leader |
| Meaning | A circular rounded projection or protuberance. |
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| Synonyms | knob |
| Broader | projection |
| Narrower | knobble; nailhead |
| Verbs | boss |
| Meaning | Raise in a relief. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "embossed stationary" |
| Synonyms | emboss, stamp |
| Broader | impress, imprint |
| Narrower | block |
| Nouns | boss |
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