boss
gb/bˈɔs/ us/bˈɔs/
A2
Englisch
~ 2400
Bedeutungen
0 Bedeutungen
Nomen
A2
entity
1
Person who manages others
The person who tells workers what to do and makes decisions in a job or company.
Verwendungsmuster:
[someone]'s boss
Häufiger Fehler:
Learners sometimes confuse 'boss' with 'owner'. A boss may not be the owner of the company; they can simply be a manager or supervisor.
Synonyme
manager (Often used for someone in charge of a team or department, especially in business settings.)
|
supervisor (More formal and often used in workplace or HR contexts.)
Antonyme
employee (An employee works under a boss's direction.)
Wortverbindungen
immediate boss
|new boss
|former boss
|tough boss
|report to a boss
Themen
business
|workplace
|management
|work
|core_vocabulary
Beispiele
- My boss approved my vacation request.
- She asked her boss for a raise.
- His boss gave him a new project to complete.
Beispiele für Lernende
- My boss is very kind.
- I talk to my boss every day.
- Her boss is not in the office today.
Nomen
informal
B1
entity
2
Person highly skilled or dominant
Someone who is very good at something or controls a situation well.
Verwendungsmuster:
be a boss at [something]
Häufiger Fehler:
Learners may think this means the person is literally their work supervisor, but here it is slang for skill or dominance.
Synonyme
champion (Emphasizes winning or being the best, often in competitions.)
|
master (Highlights complete skill or control over something.)
Antonyme
amateur (Suggests someone with little skill or experience in an activity.)
Wortverbindungen
act like a boss
|play like a boss
Themen
slang
|achievement
|daily_life
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Beispiele
- She handled that meeting like a boss.
- He's the boss when it comes to cooking.
- You wrote that code like a real boss.
Beispiele für Lernende
- He plays football like a boss.
- She can cook like a boss.
- You dance like a boss.
Verb
informal
B1
action
3
Order someone around
To keep telling someone what to do in a way they may not like.
Verwendungsmuster:
boss [someone] around
Häufiger Fehler:
Learners may confuse this with being someone's official manager. In informal use, it can mean acting controlling even without formal authority.
Synonyme
order around (Similar meaning but slightly more neutral; focuses on giving commands.)
|
dictate to (Emphasizes imposing one's will on others.)
Antonyme
follow (To take orders instead of giving them.)
Wortverbindungen
boss people around
Themen
interpersonal
|conflict
|communication
|relationships
|work
Beispiele
- Stop trying to boss me around!
- She likes to boss her younger brother around.
- He spent the afternoon bossing the volunteers around.
Beispiele für Lernende
- Don't boss me around.
- She bosses her team too much.
- He bosses his friends at school.
adjective
slang
B2
property
4
Excellent or impressive
Very good or cool.
Häufiger Fehler:
Learners may not realize this usage is informal and mainly used in certain dialects or among younger speakers.
Synonyme
awesome (Very positive and enthusiastic; widely used slang.)
|
cool (Casual praise for something pleasing or stylish.)
Antonyme
lame (Slang for unimpressive or boring.)
Wortverbindungen
boss move
|boss car
Themen
slang
|praise
|core_vocabulary
|communication
Beispiele
- That was a boss performance!
- Your new shoes are totally boss.
- We had a boss time at the party.
Beispiele für Lernende
- This game is boss.
- Your idea is boss.
- That song is boss.
Grammatik
Grundform
boss
IPA
GB/bˈɔs/
US/bˈɔs/
Silben & Betonung
boss (1 Silbe)
Stress on 1st syllable (boss)
Wortformen
Noun
- Base: boss
- Plural: bosses
Verb
- Base: boss
- 3rd Person Singular: bosses
- Present Participle: bossing
- Past: bossed
Wortfamilie
Forms
bosses
noun
bossing
verb
bossed
verb
Core family
bossy
adjective B1
Related words
bossiness
noun
Advanced or less common
bossily
adverb
Ausdrücke
boss around
1/bˈɔs ɚˈaʊnd/
phrasal verb
informal
Give overbearing orders to someone
To keep telling someone what to do in an annoying way.
Beispiele
- Don't try to boss me around.
- She bosses her classmates around all the time.
like a boss
1/lˈaɪk ə bˈɔs/
idiom
informal
With skill and confidence
To do something very well and with confidence.
Beispiele
- She finished the project like a boss.
- He handled that problem like a boss.
meet the new boss, same as the old boss
1/mˈit ðə njˈu bˈɔs | sˈeɪm ˈæz ðə ˈoʊld bˈɔs/
idiom
informal
New leader behaves like old one
When a new person in charge acts just like the previous one, often disappointingly.
Beispiele
- The company changed CEOs, but it's meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
- Politics often feels like meet the new boss, same as the old boss.