ARCHONS Synonyms

• the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

• the body of people who lead a group

• someone who administers a business

• the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor

• someone who manages a government agency or department

• a person who is in charge

• a person who exercises control over workers

• the head of a tribe or clan

• most important element

• an officer in command of a military unit

• someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others

• a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain

• an officer in the airforce

• someone who maintains and audits business accounts

• a person who directs and restrains

• a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine

• someone who controls resources and expenditures

• member of a board of directors

• someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show

• the person who directs the making of a film

• the person who leads a musical group

• having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc.

• a person responsible for the administration of a business

• persons who administer the law

• someone who manages a government agency or department

• the head of a state government

• a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel)

• a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses)

• someone who controls resources and expenditures

• (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team

• having official authority or sanction

• of or relating to an office

• a worker who holds or is invested with an office

• someone who administers the rules of a game or sport

• verified officially

• conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline

• (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution

• a person who rules or commands

• measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths

• one who supervises or has charge and direction of

• a program that controls the execution of other programs