supervisor - one who supervises or has charge and direction ofden-mother - someone who plays the role of a den mother; "he serves as den mother to all the freshmen in this dormitory"; "she's the den mother to new secretaries" boss, foreman, honcho, chief, gaffer - a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman" forewoman - a woman in charge of a group of workers oyabun - a Japanese supervisor stage manager, stager - someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed system administrator - a person in charge of managing and maintaining a computer system of telecommunication system (as for a business or institution) taskmaster - someone who imposes hard or continuous work trail boss - the person responsible for driving a herd of cattle |