DECISION MAKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does decision maker mean? 

• DECISION MAKER (noun)
  The noun DECISION MAKER has 1 sense:

1. someone who administers a business

  Familiarity information: DECISION MAKER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECISION MAKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who administers a business

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

administrator; decision maker

Hypernyms ("decision maker" is a kind of...):

chief; head; top dog (a person who is in charge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "decision maker"):

academic administrator (an administrator in a college or university)

director; manager; managing director (someone who controls resources and expenditures)

executive; executive director (a person responsible for the administration of a business)

hosteller; hotel manager; hotelier; hotelkeeper; hotelman (an owner or manager of hotels)

land agent (a person who administers a landed estate)

security director (head of a private security force working for a business or industry)

vice chancellor (a deputy or assistant to someone bearing the title of chancellor)