kingmakernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɪŋˌmeɪ.kər/us/ˈkɪŋˌmeɪ.kɚ/a person who influences the choice of people for powerful positions within an organization
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
People in charge of or controlling other people
- administrator
- authority
- bureaucrat
- chairman
- chairperson
- force
- giant
- Goliath
- guiding spirit
- headman
- helicopter parent
- hierarchy
- leader
- marshal
- operator
- overlord
- paymaster
- pillar
- powerhouse
- presidency
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