leader
noun
1 he did an interview with the leader of the organization:
chief, head, principal, boss;
commander, captain;
figurehead, controller, superior, kingpin, headman, mover and shaker;
chairman, chairwoman, chairperson, chair, convener, moderator;
director, managing director, MD, manager, superintendent, supervisor, overseer, administrator, employer, master, mistress, foreman;
president, premier, governor;
ruler, monarch, king, queen, sovereign, emperor, tsar, prince, princess, lord, lord and master;
elder, patriarch;
guru, mentor, authority;
informal boss man, skipper, top dog, number one, big cheese, big noise, bigwig, big shot;
British, informal gaffer, guv'nor;
North American, informal honcho, Mister Big, numero uno, sachem, padrone.
▷antonyms follower, supporter.