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"disguising", "masking", "circling", "encircling", "enlacing", "enwinding" ], "near antonyms":[ "baring", "denuding", "exposing", "stripping" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "boss man":{ "the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do":{ "examples":[ "maybe we should ask the boss man how to handle this" ], "synonyms":[ "boss", "captain", "chief", "foreman", "head", "headman", "helmsman", "honcho", "jefe", "kingpin", "leader", "master", "taskmaster" ], "near synonyms":[ "directress", "mistress", "administrator", "commander", "director", "executive", "general", "governor", "hierarch", "higher-up", "leadman", "manager", "overseer", "principal", "skipper", "standard-bearer", "steward", "straw boss", "superintendent", "superior", "supervisor", "dominator", "lord", "overlord", "potentate", "ruler", "sovereign", "sovran", "figurehead", "baron", "czar", "tsar", "tzar", "king", "magnate", "mogul", "president", "prince", "big cheese", "big 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"verb" ] } }