経営者|けいえいしゃkeieisha
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Definitions
- nounmanager; proprietor
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym社主しゃしゅWrittenA written/formal word for the owner of a newspaper or company; 「経営者」 centers on managing the business rather than owning it.
- RelatedオーナーNeutralA loanword for the owner of property, a shop, or a sports team; 「経営者」 stresses the person who actually manages and runs the business.
- Related座元ざもとWrittenA historical term for a theater owner-producer who hired actors and staged plays; 「経営者」 is much broader in scope.
- Antonym従業員じゅうぎょういんNeutralThe opposite of 「経営者」 in labor-management terms: a person hired to perform work, i.e. an employee.
- Antonym労働者ろうどうしゃNeutralAlso stands opposite 「経営者」 in labor-management relations, but denotes a worker or (manual) laborer.
Use 「経営者」 for someone who actually runs a business, as in 「若手経営者」. For owners of property, shops or teams say 「オーナー」, for a newspaper's owner 「社主」; the opposites are 「従業員」 and 「労働者」.
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