BOSSED Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

bossed 1 of 2

adjective

as in chased

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bossed

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verb

past tense of boss

as in supervised

to be in charge of she bossed that project for years, until she was promoted again

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as in ruled

to exercise authority or power over bossed the entire job site for a year

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as in led

to serve as leader of bossed the entire gang of electricians on the construction project

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Recent Examples of bossed

Verb

After a raft of changes for both teams at half-time and more throughout the second half, City bossed the remainder of the game but saw Ryan McAidoo hit the post after a nice dribble, and Victor Reis hit the bar with a header. — Sam Lee, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026 Pop trends For the last several years, girls bossed the pop charts. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026 He is getting bossed around by grandma throughout the entire movie. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025 Though Mayweather bossed the bout while appearing to go half-speed, no winner was declared. — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025 Winning every one of his duels, creating one chance, delivering eight crosses and registering three successful tackles is a neat summary of how Cardona bossed the left flank pretty much on his own. — Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bossed

Adjective

As Jackie begins to slip in her grades, studies, role in the student body and track performance, criticism is directed at Cole for being a negative influence on the normally straight-laced teen.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026
The raging seas were thundering and smoking in foam-laced fury at its base.

— JAMES D. OXLEY, Outdoor Life, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of laced

Verb

Ferndale school officials say high school students gained experience through drone filming crews, race-day event management and supervised flight projects.

— DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Killian has supervised programming at Brooklyn’s BAM and Lower Manhattan’s Metrograph, as well as for the Criterion Channel, British Film Institute, and Queens’ Museum of the Moving Image.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of supervised

Verb

Reasons for that include a lot of Vikings blitzes and two great plays by safety Jay Ward, a would-be interception ruled a sack and a sack on a blitz.

— Ren Clayton, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Downs got several reps against him, allowing a touchdown in red zone work but appearing to break up a pass along the sideline that was initially ruled a reception.

— Jon Machota, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of ruled

Verb

The recovery ended a search that began on July 31 after the expedition, led by renowned climber Nirmal Purja, was swept away by an avalanche on Broad Peak.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
Chow, a trial lawyer by trade, led her own defense during the court case which – like all of Hong Kong’s national security cases – was heard by a panel of three judges selected to oversee such proceedings and not a jury.

— Chris Lau, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of led

Adjective

She was also spotted out and about in a brown fringed slip dress.

— Meg Walters, InStyle, 15 Aug. 2026
The outfit — which is part of Maria Grazia Chiuri’s first couture collection for the Italian brand, per WWD — consisted of a sheer sleeveless vest embellished in silver and platinum metal and finished with a fringed hemline.

— Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026

Definition of fringed

Verb

The administration argues that some of its functions could be handled by private companies.

— Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Negotiations for the sales attachment were handled by Ariel and Ehud Bleiberg for Bleiberg Entertainment and by Miriam Segal for Good Films Collective.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of handled

Verb

The department exists to preserve some semblance of equal justice in the United States — imperfectly, haltingly, often overbearingly for some and cautiously for others — and help ensure that the nation is governed by the rule of law.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026
Additionally, the bill would group private detention facilities with licensed behavioral health facilities already governed by strict state operating guidelines.

— Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of governed

Verb

In order to prevent any possible interference with the then upcoming Lunar Orbiter 2, NASA commanded it to crash into the farside of the moon during the vessel’s 577th orbit on October 29.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 23 Aug. 2026
In the second quarter of this year, the show commanded more than 92 million viewers across linear TV and syndication.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026