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antiboss

antiboss adjective: hostile to the authority of bosses.

Adjective

antiboss (comparative more antiboss, superlative most antiboss)

  1. hostile to the authority of bosses
    • Antiboss rhetoric had long been a part of city politics...1990, Jon C Teaford, The rough road to renaissance: urban revitalization in America, 1940-1985
    • They throw rubbish on the heads of demonstrators in the street below and are shocked at the demonstrators' antiboss slogans.2004, Selina Samuels, Australian writers, 1950-1975

Forms of antiboss

comparativemore antiboss
superlativemost antiboss

Origin of antiboss

From anti- + boss.

Questions about antiboss

What does antiboss mean?
Antiboss means hostile to the authority of bosses.
What part of speech is antiboss?
Antiboss is an adjective.

Words near antiboss in the dictionary

  1. antiboom
  2. antibootlegging
  3. antiboreal
  4. antiboson
  5. antibosons
  6. antiboss
  7. antibot
  8. antibothropic
  9. antibots
  10. antibottleneck
  11. antibottom

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