manager
Syllables: man·a·ger/ˈmæn.ɪ.dʒə//ˈmæn.ə.dʒəɹ/
manager noun: a person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.
Noun
manager (plural managers)
- A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.
- Although they did not want to risk wasting money, faster-climbing managers did value generosity and fair-mindedness.2009, Bernard M. Bass, Ruth Bass, The Bass Handbook of Leadership: Theory, Research, and Managerial Applications, →ISBN, page ii
- And it was a fitting victory for Liverpool as Anfield celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of their legendary Scottish manager Bill Shankly.2013 September 1, Phil McNulty, BBC Sport
- Synonyms:
- administrator, boss, chief, controller, comptroller, foreman, head, head man, overseer, organizer
- The head coach.
- An administrator, for a singer or group.
- A window or application whose purpose is to give the user the control over some aspect of the system.
- a file manager; a task manager; Program Manager
manager meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
manager in Hindi
- person whose job is to manage something
- प्रबंधक prabandhak, संचालक sañcālak, मैनेजर mainejar, मुंतज़िम muntazim, मुंसरिम munsarim
manager in Tamil
- மேலாளர், நிர்வாகி
manager in Marathi
- person whose job is to manage something
- व्यवस्थापक vyavasthāpak, कारभारी kārbhārī, मॅनेजर mĕnejar
manager in Urdu
- person whose job is to manage something
- مَینیجَر mainejar, مُنْتَظِم muntazim, مُدِیر mudīr, مُنْصَرِم munsarim, پَرَبَنْدَھک parabandhak, کار پَرْداز kār pardāz
More languagesFewer languages
- manager in Bengali
- পরিচালক poricalok, ম্যানেজার mênejar
- manager in Telugu
- నిర్వాహకుడు nirvāhakuḍu
- manager in Malayalam
- മാനേജർ mānējaṟ, നടത്തിപ്പുകാരൻ naṭattippukāraṉ, നടത്തിപ്പുകാരി naṭattippukāri
- manager in Kannada
- ಮೇಲ್ವಿಚಾರಕ, ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರ್ವಾಹಕ, ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಾಪಕ, ಪಾರು ಪತ್ಯಗಾರ
- manager in Punjabi
- ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧਕ prabandhak
- manager in Gujarati
- મેનેજર, વ્યવસ્થાપક
- manager in Odia
- ମ୍ଯ଼ାନେଜର, ପରିଚାଳକ
- manager in Nepali
- प्रबन्धक, म्यानेजर
- manager in Pashto
- مدیر mudir, منتظم montazam
- manager in Arabic
- مُدِير mudīr, مُدِيرَة mudīra
- manager in Malay
- pengurus
- manager in Indonesian
- manajer
- manager in Thai
- ผู้จัดการ pûu-jàt-gaan
- manager in Vietnamese
- người quản lý
- manager in Myanmar
- မန်နေဂျာ mannegya
Examples of manager in a sentence
- You shouldn't use such crude language when talking to the bank manager.
- The project manager is metricking the closure of the action items.
- A few customers in the shop had some quarrels with us, so we called for the manager.
Synonyms of manager
2 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Forms of manager
| plural | managers |
|---|---|
| alternative pronunciation-spelling | managah |
| alternative pronunciation-spelling | managuh |
Origin of manager
From manage + -er.
Words formed from manager
- account manager
- assistant manager
- assistant stage manager
- bank manager
- boot manager
- branch manager
- can I speak to the manager haircut
- chairmanager
- city manager
- comanager
- co-manager
- community manager
- corpus manager
- credit manager
- customer success manager
- data manager
- district manager
- download manager
- duty manager
- file manager
- floor manager
- fund manager
- game manager
- general manager
- house manager
- I want to speak to the manager haircut
- line manager
- managerdom
- managerese
- managerless
- managerly
- managership
- micro manager
- micromanager
- middle manager
- momager
- multimanager
- nonmanager
- operations manager
- orthodox file manager
- package manager
- player-manager
- production manager
- product manager
- project manager
- project-manager
- road manager
- seagull manager
- stage manager
- store manager
- submanager
- supermanager
- task manager
- technomanager
- town manager
- undermanager
- under-manager
- window manager
- womanager
Phrases with manager
Questions about manager
- What does manager mean?
- Manager means a person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.
- What is manager in Hindi?
- Manager in Hindi is प्रबंधक (prabandhak), संचालक (sañcālak), मैनेजर (mainejar). See Manager meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is manager?
- Manager is a noun.
- How do you pronounce manager?
- Manager is pronounced /ˈmæn.ɪ.dʒə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of manager?
- The plural of manager is managers.
Words near manager in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: manager (page history and authors); manager (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); നടത്തിപ്പുകാരി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); manager (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧਕ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); manager (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); manager (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); manager (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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