Phrase guide

managing director

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The chief executive of a limited company.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone who controls resources and expenditures

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: director, manager

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: administrator, decision maker

Narrower terms: bank manager, district manager, manageress

History

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Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 局長 /局长 (júzhǎng) — the chief executive of a limited company
  • Chinese Mandarin: 老闆 /老板 (lǎobǎn) — the chief executive of a limited company
  • Chinese Mandarin: 經理 /经理 (jīnglǐ) — the chief executive of a limited company
  • Chinese Mandarin: 總經理 /总经理 (zǒngjīnglǐ) — the chief executive of a limited company
  • Czech: jednatel — the chief executive of a limited company
  • Danish: administrerende direktør — the chief executive of a limited company
  • Finnish: toimitusjohtaja — the chief executive of a limited company
  • French: directeur général — the chief executive of a limited company
  • German: Geschäftsführer — the chief executive of a limited company
  • German: Geschäftsführerin — the chief executive of a limited company
  • Greenlandic: pisortaaneq — the chief executive of a limited company
  • Hindi: प्रबंध निदेशक (prabandh nideśak) — the chief executive of a limited company
  • Hungarian: vezérigazgató — the chief executive of a limited company
  • Irish: stiúrthóir bainisteoireachta — the chief executive of a limited company
  • Japanese: 常務 (jōmu) — the chief executive of a limited company
  • Japanese: 上司 (jōshi) — the chief executive of a limited company
  • Korean: 상무 (sangmu) — the chief executive of a limited company
  • Malay: pengarah urusan — the chief executive of a limited company
  • Norwegian Bokmål: administrerende direktør — the chief executive of a limited company
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: administrerande direktør — the chief executive of a limited company
  • Polish: dyrektor generalny — the chief executive of a limited company
  • Russian: управля́ющий дире́ктор (upravljájuščij diréktor) — the chief executive of a limited company
  • Russian: управля́ющий (upravljájuščij) — the chief executive of a limited company
  • Russian: управля́ющая (upravljájuščaja) — the chief executive of a limited company
  • Russian: дире́ктри́са (diréktrísa) — the chief executive of a limited company
  • Spanish: director general — the chief executive of a limited company
  • Thai: กรรมการผู้จัดการ — the chief executive of a limited company