micromanager

noun

Definition of micromanagernext
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as in taskmaster

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as in manager

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for micromanager
  1. taskmaster
  2. manager
  3. disciplinarian
  4. supervisor
  5. martinet
  6. overseer
  7. stickler
  8. superintendent
Noun
  • Managers have a choice: remain taskmasters or become builders of talent.
    Nirit Cohen, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
  • When the Jets had bombastic and playful Rex Ryan as their coach, the Giants had stern taskmaster Tom Coughlin.
    Mike Sando, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of taskmaster
Noun
  • Gang Green has lost nine of its last 10 games, and owner Woody Johnson fired Saleh and general manager Joe Douglas during that stretch.
    Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024
  • With five teams in the mix for Crochet down the stretch, according to White Sox general manager Chris Getz, discussions turned a corner Tuesday night, shortly after free-agent Max Fried had signed an eight-year, $218 million deal with the New York Yankees.
    Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of manager
Noun
  • Their father, Jack, was a strict disciplinarian and a heavy drinker, while their mother, Katherine, was a housewife with a history of depression, according to court documents.
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The elder Corcoran was a strict disciplinarian and a heavy drinker, according to court documents.
    Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of disciplinarian
Noun
  • The episode was quickly resolved by the market's supervisor who had given the team permission to document the sparse offerings on sale.
    Michael Robinson Chávez, NPR, 7 Dec. 2024
  • That included special effects supervisor Neil Corbould.
    Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of supervisor
Noun
  • But Muir’s co-moderator, Linsey Davis, was a different case: Davis wore a mannish, gray suit jacket and struck a pose of martinet — almost schoolmarmish — solemnity.
    Armond White, National Review, 20 Sep. 2024
  • There’s Cece’s father, long vanished; Ronnie, a predator; Marcel, a martinet; Joel, a manipulator; and a random catcaller in the street, whom Cece sends scurrying away by turning her acting skills to practical use.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
Definition of martinet
Noun
  • The story in Chicago is that Morton is the corrupt overseer of the woman's prison that Hart has been sent to, after fatally shooting her paramour.
    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 1 Dec. 2024
  • While biblical stories and Hollywood lore have advanced the image of a cruel overseer with millions of slaves, recent discoveries reveal a different reality.
    Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of overseer
Noun
  • Adams, the first Black woman to receive the lieutenant colonel rank, was a stickler for a pristine uniform.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Between the lines: When the job market was hot, employers were afraid of losing talent by being sticklers on seemingly minor rules, Erin Grau, cofounder of Charter, a future of work media firm, tells Axios.
    Emily Peck, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of stickler
Noun
  • The vision for what people want from you as the new superintendent was clear in a report presented to the Milwaukee School Board on Nov. 21 by the consultants who were hired by the board to help identify what people want from MPS and you as the superintendent.
    Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Thompson was the valedictorian of his class, Heather Holm, the superintendent for South Hamilton Community School District, told CNN.
    John Towfighi, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of superintendent
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