Words Like COMMANDER
    
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            7 Alternative Words Similar to commander
   
            
               
            
            
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        Saclant
    
    
         Noun       Hyponym
    
    
    
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        Generalissimo
    
    
         Noun       Hyponym
    
    
    
        
       
    
    
        10 definitions of commander
           
        
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        A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.
    
    
    
 
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        An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army.
    
    
    
 
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        The chief officer of a commandery.
    
    
    
 
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        A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.
    
    
    
 
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        an officer in command of a military unit
    
    
    
 
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        an officer in the airforce
    
    
    
 
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        a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain
    
    
    
 
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        someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others
    
    
    
 
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        A person who commands, especially a commanding officer.
    
    
    
 
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        A commissioned rank in the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard that is above lieutenant commander and below captain.