managing director

noun

The chief executive of a limited company.

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Meanings

nounmanaging director (plural managing directors)

plural managing directors · alternative initialism MD

  1. The chief executive of a limited company.

    But the picture was different elsewhere - Theatre Royal Windsor recorded full houses, although the managing director stated that the actors had trouble getting to and from the theatre.

    2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 31

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who controls resources and expenditures

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directormanager
Broader
administratordecision maker
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directormanager

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 局長 /局长, 老闆 /老板
  • 局長 /局长 (júzhǎng)the chief executive of a limited company
  • 老闆 /老板 (lǎobǎn)the chief executive of a limited company
  • 經理 /经理 (jīnglǐ)the chief executive of a limited company
  • 總經理 /总经理 (zǒngjīnglǐ)the chief executive of a limited company
Czech jednatel
  • jednatelthe chief executive of a limited company
Danish administrerende direktør
  • administrerende direktørthe chief executive of a limited company
Finnish toimitusjohtaja
  • toimitusjohtajathe chief executive of a limited company
French directeur général
  • directeur généralthe chief executive of a limited company
German Geschäftsführer, Geschäftsführerin
  • Geschäftsführerthe chief executive of a limited company
  • Geschäftsführerinthe chief executive of a limited company
Hindi प्रबंध निदेशक
  • प्रबंध निदेशक (prabandh nideśak)the chief executive of a limited company
Hungarian vezérigazgató
  • vezérigazgatóthe chief executive of a limited company
Irish stiúrthóir bainisteoireachta
  • stiúrthóir bainisteoireachtathe chief executive of a limited company
Japanese 常務, 上司
  • 常務 (jōmu)the chief executive of a limited company
  • 上司 (jōshi)the chief executive of a limited company
Korean 상무
  • 상무 (sangmu)the chief executive of a limited company
Malay pengarah urusan
  • pengarah urusanthe chief executive of a limited company
Norwegian Bokmål administrerende direktør
  • administrerende direktørthe chief executive of a limited company
Polish dyrektor generalny
  • dyrektor generalnythe chief executive of a limited company
Russian управля́ющий дире́ктор, управля́ющий
  • управля́ющий дире́ктор (upravljájuščij diréktor)the chief executive of a limited company
  • управля́ющий (upravljájuščij)the chief executive of a limited company
  • управля́ющая (upravljájuščaja)the chief executive of a limited company
  • дире́ктри́са (diréktrísa)the chief executive of a limited company
Spanish director general
  • director generalthe chief executive of a limited company
Thai กรรมการผู้จัดการ
  • กรรมการผู้จัดการthe chief executive of a limited company
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APA

managing director. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/managing%20director

MLA

“managing director.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/managing%20director. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “managing director,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/managing%20director.

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