captain — OAT

captain

noun

1 the ship's captain:

commander, master, skipper;

informal old man.

2 the cup was presented to the winning team's captain:

leader, head, skipper;

representative, figurehead;

informal boss.

3 a captain of industry:

magnate, tycoon, mogul, grandee, baron, nabob, mandarin, industrialist;

chief, head, leader, boss, principal;

informal number one, bigwig, big wheel, big cheese, big shot, big gun, big noise, top dog, fat cat;

North American, informal honcho, kahuna, top banana, big enchilada, macher.

verb

a small vessel captained by a cutthroat:

command, skipper, run, be in charge of, have charge of, control, have control of, govern, preside over, direct, rule, manage, supervise, superintend.