MANAGER

Pronunciation (US):

• MANAGER (noun)
  The noun MANAGER has 2 senses:

1. someone who controls resources and expenditures
2. (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team

  Familiarity information: MANAGER used as a noun is rare.

• MANAGER (noun)

Meaning:

Someone who controls resources and expenditures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

director; manager; managing director

Hypernyms ("manager" is a kind of...):

administrator; decision maker (someone who administers a business)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "manager"):

bank manager (manager of a branch office of a bank)

district manager (a manager who supervises the sales activity for a district)

manageress (a woman manager)

Meaning:

(sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

coach; manager; handler

Hypernyms ("manager" is a kind of...):

trainer (one who trains other persons or animals)

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "manager"):

baseball coach; baseball manager (a coach of baseball players)

tennis coach (a coach of tennis players)

hockey coach (a coach of hockey players)

football coach (a coach of football players)

conditioner (a trainer of athletes)

basketball coach (a coach of basketball players)

Instance hyponyms:

John Joseph McGraw; John McGraw; McGraw (United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934))