taskmaster | Definition of taskmaster

Synonyms and Antonyms of taskmaster

1 a boss who assigns much work

pitiless taskmaster that he was, Ebenezer Scrooge only reluctantly let his ill-paid clerk have Christmas Day off

Synonyms of taskmaster

Words Related to taskmaster

authoritarian, disciplinarian, discipliner, martinet, stickler

despot, dictator, oppressor, tyrant

dominator, overlord

2 the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do

known as a tough but fair taskmaster

Synonyms of taskmaster

boss, boss man, captain, chief, foreman, head, headman, helmsman, honcho, jefe, kingpin, leader, master

Words Related to taskmaster

directress, mistress

administrator, commander, director, executive, general, governor, hierarch, higher-up

leadman, manager, overseer, principal, skipper, standard-bearer, steward, straw boss, superintendent, superior, supervisor

dominator, lord, overlord, potentate, ruler, sovereign (also sovran)

baron, czar (also tsar), king, magnate, mogul, president, prince

big cheese, big gun, bigwig, top dog, top gun

cohead, coleader

employer, gaffer [British], ganger [British]

subchief, subdirector

Near Antonyms of taskmaster

dependent, inferior, junior, secondary, subject, subordinate, underling