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director

director

424 3.0
A person who helps make important choices for an organization as a member of its board
  • noun
  • /dəˈrɛktər/
translation icon : consejero (ES)
  • Ashell Alston, APHA's seasoned director of advertising, gave her view on the matter:
  • board of directors
  • officers and directors
  • company director

And I want to say this to the CEO and directors at CBS.

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Examples

  • I happen to serve on the board of directors of a steel company that is employee-owned.

    Academic text (1990)

  • By order of the President, you are the new director of the OSS.

    Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)

  • And she became the first national director of this new organization.

  • You are the best director I know.

    Fly Me to the Moon (2024)

  • - Mr Director, you have a very serious problem.

    The Rock (1996)

  • The elders and their director confronted their mistakes, and the actors worked to improve their scenes.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Actually, several presidents have served and continue to serve as regional directors of the NJCAA.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The day-care center recently became incorporated, and now has a board of directors and an accountant.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • I think you're the founder and director of the MIT Space Exploration Initiative.

  • The board of directors appointed a new director to oversee the company's growth and strategy.

Synonyms

board member
vsdirector
113 2.7

A person who helps make important decisions for an organization

focuses more on managing and running the organization rather than only making policy
directress
vsdirector
  • Archaic
1 9.6

A woman who leads a school or other organization

uses modern neutral language without marking gender
co-director
vsdirector
3.7

A person who shares the main job of leading a project or company with another person

typically helps govern alone or as a single responsible authority rather than sharing power

Compounds

executive director
232 4.6

A person who runs a company or organization day to day and reports to the board of directors

managing director
  • UK
26 3.6

The person who runs a company and makes its most important decisions

film director
20 3.2

A person who leads actors and the camera crew to make a movie

music director
16 4.2

A person who leads the music for a group like an orchestra

art director
15 4.4

A person who plans the look of a film, play or TV show, including sets, costumes and lights

funeral director
11 3.9

A person who arranges ceremonies and prepares the body after someone dies

Director of Central Intelligence
  • Formal
8 6.5

An official who led United States intelligence agencies and the Central Intelligence Agency from 1946 to 2005

research director
7 3.9

A person who manages research and sets priorities in an organization

director of research
7 5.0

A person who leads and manages research in an organization

theater director
  • US
4 4.1

A person who leads actors and shapes how a play looks and feels

security director
2 4.2

A person who protects a company's people and things

stage director
  • Specialized
2 4.2

A person who guides actors and plans the action on stage

big name director
1 4.0

A famous director who makes films, TV shows, or plays

co-director
3.7

A person who shares the main job of leading a project or company with another person

director-stockholder relation
  • Formal
8.1

A duty of company directors to act for the shareholders' benefit

director of first impressions
  • Informal
6.4

A person who greets visitors at the front desk and makes them feel welcome

How Senior

chair
258 3.1
director
424 3.0
non-executive
  • Specialized
5.4

Surface Forms

director singular
directors plural

Morphology

director = direct (transparent) = direct + or

Agentive formation from 'direct' + '-or'; the board-member sense is a conventional role label derived from 'person who directs'.

Etymology

Director comes from the Latin dirigere 'to guide' and is related to everyday words like direct and direction. So a company director is a board member who helps guide and decide the direction of the organization.