Foreman

Meaning of Foreman

noun
  1. a male worker who supervises and directs other workers.
  2. (in a law court) a person who presides over a jury and speaks on its behalf.

Middle English: perhaps suggested by Dutch voorman (compare with German Vormann ).

Information about Foreman

  • It is a name.
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Hyphenation of Foreman

Fore-man

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • Foreman is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Foreman synonyms

Meaning chief:

chief, gaffer, honcho, boss

Meaning a person who supervises a person or an activity:

supervisor

Meaning a person who supervises others, especially workers:

overseer

Meaning a person who manages or superintends an organization or activity:

superintendent

Meaning a person responsible for controlling or administering an organization or group of staff:

manager

Meaning a person or thing that directs or regulates something:

controller

Meaning a foreman or forewoman (used as a neutral alternative):

foreperson

Meaning a worker, ranking below a foreman, in charge of others on a particular job:

chargehand

Meaning the person in command of a ship:

captain

Meaning the foreman of a gang of labourers:

ganger

Meaning feel intense sorrow:

grieve

Meaning a tribal councillor or headman:

induna

Meaning (in South Asia) a master workman; a foreman:

maistry

Meaning an official appointed to govern a town or region:

governor

Meaning a superintendent:

super

Meaning a man in a position of authority such as one's employer or father (often used as a term of address):

guv'nor

Meaning a rod for ramming down the charge of a muzzle-loading firearm:

ramrod

Meaning an overseer in a colliery:

overman

Anagrams of Foreman

foramen, froeman

Words that rhyme with Foreman

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