manager

noun

man·​ag·​er ˈma-ni-jər 

: one that manages: such as

a

: a person who conducts business or household affairs

He was promoted to manager last month.

b

: a person whose work or profession is management

c(1)

: a person who directs a team or athlete

the manager of a baseball team

(2)

: a student who in scholastic or collegiate sports supervises equipment and records under the direction of a coach

managership

ˈma-ni-jər-ˌship 

noun

Synonyms

• administrant
• administrator
• archon
• director
• exec
• executive
• superintendent
• supervisor

Examples of manager in a Sentence

I'd like to speak to the manager, please.

He was promoted to manager last year.

The team's general manager acquired five new players for the upcoming season.

The manager decided to change pitchers in the eighth inning.

The actress recently fired her manager.

Recent Examples on the Web

Per an undated complaint filed with the California Civil Rights Department, Baldoni hired Melissa Nathan, a PR crisis manager. —Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024

Ruud van Nistelrooy is the third manager to have taken charge over the past 12 months after Enzo Maresca’s departure to Chelsea and Steve Cooper’s brief tenure at the start of their return to the Premier League. —Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024

In 2018, his son Chris Rich — now a 32-year-old property manager — convinced him to take fewer in-person gigs and instead join the personalized video website Cameo. —Megan Sauer,alex Koller,natalie Wu, CNBC, 24 Dec. 2024

Dylan’s rise to fame Did Joan Baez, manager/promoter Albert Grossman, New York Times critic Robert Shelton, and Columbia Records rep John Hammond all hear Dylan for the first time at the same show? —Brady Gerber, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1588, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing manager

• account manager
• city manager
• co-manager
• floor manager
• stage manager
• sub-manager
• town manager

Kids Definition

manager

noun

man·​ag·​er ˈman-ij-ər 

1

: a person who manages especially a business or household affairs

2

: a person who directs a team or an athlete

managerial

ˌman-ə-ˈjir-ē-əl 

adjective

Legal Definition

manager

noun

1

: a person who manages a business or organization

2

: a member of the House of Representatives who acts as a prosecutor at the Senate trial in an impeachment proceeding see also impeach

3

: conferee