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Conductor

/kənˈdʌktɚ/

One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.

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📖 Definitions of "Conductor"

noun

1
One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.
2
A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.
3
A person who takes tickets on public transportation and also helps passengers
"train conductor; tram conductor"
4
Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light or sound.

🔄 Synonyms of "Conductor"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
directornoun	One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).
music director	A music director, musical director or director of music is the person responsible for the musical aspects of a performance, production, or organization.

↔️ Antonyms of "Conductor"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
dielectricnoun	(physics) An electrically insulating or nonconducting material considered for its electric susceptibility, i.e. its property of polarization when exposed to an external electric field.
insulatornoun	A substance that does not transmit heat (thermal insulator), sound (acoustic insulator) or electricity (electrical insulator).
nonconductornoun	any material that does not conduct electricity; a dielectric

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Conductor"

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Word	Definition
directornoun	One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).
music director	A music director, musical director or director of music is the person responsible for the musical aspects of a performance, production, or organization.
controllernoun	One who controls something.
operatornoun	A person or organisation that operates a device, system, service, etc.
attendantnoun	One who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something.
commandnoun	An order to do something.
leadernoun	Any person who leads or directs.
bossnoun	A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
masternoun	Someone who has control over something or someone.
commandingnoun	The act of giving a command.
supervisornoun	(management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.
handlernoun	(literally) One who handles something (especially manually) or someone.
chiefnoun	The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.
comptrollernoun	The chief accountant of a company or government.
commandernoun	One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
ridernoun	A mounted person.
drivenoun	Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
orchestrenoun	Obsolete form of orchestra. [(music) A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion; the instruments played by such a group.]
electrodenoun	The terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit.
drivingnoun	The action of the verb to drive in any sense.