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executive officer

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The officer second in command of a military unit smaller than a division.
  • noun The officer second in command of a naval unit.
  • noun A person holding executive power in an organization.

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  • noun second in command of a military unit or ship

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the officer second in command

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synonyms (127)

Words with the same meaning

  1. ADC
  2. CO
  3. OD
  4. acolyte
  5. adjutant
  6. advocate
  7. agent
  8. aid
  9. aide
  10. aide-de-camp
  11. aider
  12. alter ego
  13. alternate
  14. amicus curiae
  15. archon
  16. assistant
  17. attendant
  18. attorney
  19. auxiliary
  20. backup
  21. backup man
  22. best man
  23. brigadier
  24. brigadier general
  25. captain
  26. champion
  27. chancellor
  28. chicken colonel
  29. chief executive
  30. chief executive officer
  31. chief of staff
  32. coadjutant
  33. coadjutor
  34. coadjutress
  35. coadjutrix
  36. colonel
  37. commandant
  38. commander
  39. commander in chief
  40. commanding officer
  41. commissioned officer
  42. company officer
  43. dean
  44. deputy
  45. dummy
  46. exec
  47. executive
  48. executive director
  49. executive secretary
  50. exponent
  51. field marshal
  52. field officer
  53. figurehead
  54. first lieutenant
  55. five-star general
  56. four-star general
  57. general
  58. general officer
  59. generalissimo
  60. help
  61. helper
  62. helpmate
  63. helpmeet
  64. jemadar
  65. junior officer
  66. lieutenant
  67. lieutenant colonel
  68. lieutenant general
  69. locum
  70. locum tenens
  71. magistrate
  72. major
  73. major general
  74. management
  75. managing director
  76. marechal
  77. marshal
  78. officer
  79. official
  80. one-star general
  81. orderly officer
  82. paranymph
  83. paraprofessional
  84. pinch hitter
  85. pleader
  86. prefect
  87. president
  88. prexy
  89. procurator
  90. provost
  91. proxy
  92. representative
  93. risaldar
  94. second
  95. second in command
  96. secondary
  97. secretary
  98. senior officer
  99. servant
  100. shavetail
  101. sideman
  102. sirdar
  103. staff officer
  104. stand-in
  105. subahdar
  106. subaltern
  107. sublieutenant
  108. substitute
  109. supporting actor
  110. supporting instrumentalist
  111. surrogate
  112. the Old Man
  113. the administration
  114. the brass
  115. three-star general
  116. top brass
  117. treasurer
  118. two-star general
  119. understudy
  120. utility man
  121. vicar
  122. vicar general
  123. vice
  124. vice-chancellor
  125. vice-president
  126. vicegerent
  127. warden

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. military officer
  2. officer

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