Boss vs. Subordinate

Bossnoun

A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object.

Subordinateadjective

Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.

Bossnoun

(geology) A lump-like mass of rock, especially one projecting through a stratum of different rock.

Subordinateadjective

Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by, authority.

Bossnoun

A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.

Subordinateadjective

dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause

‘In the sentence “The barbecue finished before John arrived”, the subordinate clause “before John arrived” specifies the time of the main clause, “The barbecue finished”.’;

Bossnoun

(mechanics) A protrusion, frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.

Subordinateadjective

Descending in a regular series.

Bossnoun

(architecture) A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.

Subordinatenoun

(countable) One who is subordinate.

Bossnoun

(archery) the target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is attached.

Subordinateverb

(transitive) To make subservient.

Bossnoun

A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.

Subordinateverb

(transitive) To treat as of less value or importance.

Bossnoun

A head or reservoir of water.

Subordinateverb

To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.

Bossnoun

(obsolete) A hassock or small seat, especially made from a bundle of straw.

Subordinateadjective

Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.

‘The several kinds and subordinate species of each are easily distinguished.’;

Bossnoun

A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.

‘Bad people make for bad bosses. ― Dawn Pine’;

Subordinateadjective

Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or the like.

‘It was subordinate, not enslaved, to the understanding.’;

Bossnoun

A person in charge of a business or company.

‘Chat turned to whisper when the boss entered the conference room.’; ‘My boss complains that I'm always late to work.’;

Subordinatenoun

One who stands in order or rank below another; - distinguished from a principal.

Bossnoun

A leader, the head of an organized group or team.

‘They named him boss because he had good leadership skills.’;

Subordinateverb

To place in a lower order or class; to make or consider as of less value or importance; as, to subordinate one creature to another.

Bossnoun

The head of a political party in a given region or district.

‘He is the Republican boss in Kentucky.’;

Subordinateverb

To make subject; to subject or subdue; as, to subordinate the passions to reason.

Bossnoun

A term of address to a man.

‘Yes, boss.’;

Subordinatenoun

an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

Bossnoun

(video games) An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.

Subordinatenoun

a word that is more specific than a given word

Bossnoun

(humorous) Wife.

‘There's no olive oil; will sunflower oil do? — I'll have to run that by the boss.’;

Subordinateverb

rank or order as less important or consider of less value;

‘Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools’;

Bossverb

(transitive) To decorate with bosses; to emboss.

Subordinateverb

make subordinate, dependent, or subservient;

‘Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler’;

Bossverb

(transitive) To exercise authoritative control over; to tell (someone) what to do, often repeatedly.

Subordinateadjective

lower in rank or importance

Bossadjective

Of excellent quality, first-rate.

‘That is a boss Zefron poster.’;

Subordinateadjective

subject or submissive to authority or the control of another;

‘a subordinate kingdom’;

Bossnoun

Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.

Subordinateadjective

of a clause; unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence;

‘a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence’;

Bossnoun

A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus.

Subordinateadjective

inferior in rank or status;

‘the junior faculty’; ‘a lowly corporal’; ‘petty officialdom’; ‘a subordinate functionary’;

Bossnoun

A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations.

Subordinateadjective

lower in rank or position

‘his subordinate officers’;

Bossnoun

A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.

Subordinateadjective

of less or secondary importance

‘in adventure stories, character must be subordinate to action’;

Bossnoun

The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another.

Subordinatenoun

a person under the authority or control of another within an organization

‘he was mild-mannered, especially with his subordinates’;

Bossnoun

A head or reservoir of water.

Subordinateverb

treat or regard as of lesser importance than something else

‘practical considerations were subordinated to political expediency’;

Bossnoun

A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator.

Subordinateverb

make subservient to or dependent on something else

‘to define life would be to subordinate it to reason’;

Bossverb

To ornament with bosses; to stud.

Bossnoun

a person who exercises control over workers;

‘if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman’;

Bossnoun

a person responsible for hiring workers;

‘the boss hired three more men for the new job’;

Bossnoun

a person who exercises control and makes decisions;

‘he is his own boss now’;

Bossnoun

a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments;

‘party bosses have a reputation for corruption’;

Bossnoun

a circular rounded projection or protuberance

Bossverb

raise in a relief;

‘embossed stationary’;

Bossadjective

exceptionally good;

‘a boss hand at carpentry’; ‘his brag cornfield’;

Bossnoun

a person who is in charge of a worker or organization

‘union bosses’; ‘her boss offered her a promotion’;

Bossnoun

a person in control of a group or situation

‘does he see you as a partner, or is he already the boss?’;

Bossnoun

(in computer gaming) a particularly tough enemy, usually appearing at the end of a section or level

‘the boss characters provide more than enough challenge’; ‘you may be required to kill a boss monster’;

Bossnoun

a stud on the centre of a shield.

Bossnoun

an ornamental carving covering the point where the ribs in a vault or ceiling cross.

Bossnoun

the central part of a propeller.

Bossnoun

a large mass of igneous rock protruding through other strata.

Bossnoun

a cow.

Bossverb

give (someone) orders in a domineering manner

‘you're always bossing us about’;

Bossadjective

excellent; outstanding

‘she's a real boss chick’;