executive

1. Having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc. (synset 303029435)
   "the executive branch"

1. A person responsible for the administration of a business (synset 110089452)
   is a type of: administrator, decision maker - someone who administers a business
   subtypes:

   • business executive, corporate executive - an executive in a business corporation
   • government minister, minister - a person appointed to a high office in the government
   • rainmaker - executive who is very successful in bringing in business to his company or firm
   • surgeon general - the head of the United States Public Health Service
   • v.p., vice president - an executive officer ranking immediately below a president; may serve in the president's place under certain circumstances
   same as: executive director
2. Persons who administer the law (synset 108182354)
   is a type of: administration, brass, establishment, governance, governing body, organisation, organization - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
   subtypes:

   • bush administration - the executive under President George W. Bush
   • clinton administration - the executive under President Clinton
   • bush administration - the executive under President George H. W. Bush
   • reagan administration - the executive under President Reagan
   • carter administration - the executive under President Carter
   belongs to: authorities, government, regime - the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
3. Someone who manages a government agency or department (synset 109789895)
   is a type of: chief, head, top dog - a person who is in charge
   subtypes:

   • commissioner - a government administrator
   • dci, director of central intelligence - the head of the United States Intelligence Community and director of the Central Intelligence Agency
   • prefect - a chief officer or chief magistrate
   • secretary general - a person who is a chief administrator (as of the United Nations)
   • triumvir - one of a group of three sharing public administration or civil authority especially in ancient Rome
   specific instances:

   • raffles, sir thomas raffles, sir thomas stamford raffles - British colonial administrator who founded Singapore (1781-1826)
   • peter stuyvesant, petrus stuyvesant, stuyvesant - the last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592-1672)
   same as: administrator

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