Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun director

5 senses of director

Sense 1
director, manager, managing director -- (someone who controls resources and expenditures)
       => administrator, decision maker -- (someone who administers a business)

Sense 2
director -- (member of a board of directors)
       => committee member -- (a member of a committee)

Sense 3
director, theater director, theatre director -- (someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show)
       => supervisor -- (one who supervises or has charge and direction of)

Sense 4
film director, director -- (the person who directs the making of a film)
       => film maker, filmmaker, film producer, movie maker -- (a producer of motion pictures)

Sense 5
conductor, music director, director -- (the person who leads a musical group)
       => musician -- (artist who composes or conducts music as a profession)