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
  • Ian Clark works his goalies very hard and has a reputation as a 'taskmaster'. 3.
    Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 23 Aug. 2024
  • Saturn, the taskmaster planet, is considered a symbol of structure, discipline, responsibility and authority.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of taskmaster
Noun
  • My phone pings with an email from our building manager down in the city.
    Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Fortunately, hiring managers have begun to learn that, and degree requirements have been dropping in many fields.
    Karin Klein, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of manager
Noun
  • Youth team manager Dave Merrington was a strict disciplinarian, ensuring all the menial jobs done by budding young footballers back then — such as cleaning the dressing rooms and sweeping the terraces — had to be done to the highest standard.
    Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Bernard Parks, chief from 1997 to 2002, had a reputation as a tough disciplinarian, which frequently put him at odds with the police union.
    Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
Definition of disciplinarian
Noun
  • Part of that was likely due to city councils or boards of supervisors in certain municipalities and jurisdictions having different meeting schedules.
    Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • While working as the music supervisor on the 1978 film adaptation of The Wiz, Jones met Michael Jackson, and thus began his most fruitful collaboration.
    Justin Curto, Vulture, 4 Nov. 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
  • In the new release, Temple plays idealist scientist Dr. Teddy Paine opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor’s General Rex Strickland — the overseer of a secret research facility dedicated to symbiotes.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Academy, Emmy, and Grammy award-winning director Morgan Neville has been enlisted by Williams as the musically inclined overseer for his biographical picture, Piece By Piece, which premiered in theaters on October 11.
    Ime Ekpo, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of overseer
Noun
  • 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
  • Just to show that the designers were sticklers for detail, the official British registration plate reads AU 1 – the same as the Phantom in the movie.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of stickler
Noun
  • Quintin Shepherd is the superintendent of the Pflugerville school district.
    Quintin Shepherd, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • With no interest in teaching the subject, Griffin instead uses class time and his students' smarts to plot against his academic rival and the superintendent, among others.
    Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of superintendent
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