taskmasters

noun

plural of taskmaster
as in foremen
the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do known as a tough but fair taskmaster

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Recent Examples of taskmasters Work is work, and there’s writerly reward, too, in daily encounters with a diverse range of taskmasters across all social groups. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taskmasters
  1. foremen
  2. leaders
  3. bosses
  4. masters
  5. captains
  6. managers
  7. chiefs
  8. directors
Noun
  • Customers were very important; workers, foremen.
    — Michael Kilian, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • For years after that, TCU alums who had served as Ranch Week foremen or queen would proudly include it on resumes, in professional biographies or when running for office.
    — Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025
Definition of foremen
Noun
  • Boston community and city leaders say new safety measures are rolling out this week, after recent alarming violence in Downtown Boston around Boston Common and Downtown Crossing.
    — Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • In the beginning of a pattern that would repeat for the next decade, Taylor Farms leaders pushed back on those FDA findings.
    — Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of leaders
Noun
  • The ongoing sagas of Getz and Hoyer, two executives who got their jobs the old-school Chicago way — with no bothersome hiring searches conducted by their bosses — are ones that continue to fascinate me.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026
  • California’s bosses were adding jobs slowly but at a far faster pace than the rest of the nation in early 2026.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of bosses
Noun
  • Over the next century, cereal companies became masters at selling products as healthy — even as many of those cereals became increasingly sugary.
    — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Young Wifredo loved drawing images from his dreams and was later sent to art school to study the work of the European masters.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of masters
Noun
  • Atherton’s sprawling estates have long been a magnet for captains of the tech industry and investors.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 July 2026
  • The game also features off-island exploration, where players build ships, appoint captains, and undertake missions to neighboring islands.
    — Barry Collins, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of captains
Noun
  • Many large conglomerates were delivering mediocre results; managers were widely seen as empire-builders more interested in size and stability than returns.
    — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Money managers with sustainable mandates have warned that holding SpaceX would expose investors to an array of heightened risks that, aside from governance issues, includes stewardship worries as well as basic valuation questions.
    — Alastair Marsh, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of managers
Noun
  • His bet is that the same technology unnerving finance chiefs, artificial intelligence, is what finally drags that sector into the modern era.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Two other women — Rachel Whipple and Cheryl Rose — previously served as interim police chiefs.
    — Laura Bauer July 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
Definition of chiefs
Noun
  • Horror-movie directors are always looking for new ways to transgress.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026
  • And both of those directors had at least one person assisting them.
    — Patrick Riccards, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of directors

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“Taskmasters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taskmasters. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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