director: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 11 letter points · starts with D · ends with R
Meaning of director
noun
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).
A member of a board of directors.
Example: [...] the confusion between directors who know nothing and managers who know everything [...].
A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.
That which directs or orientates something.
Listed forms: directors, directer, directour.
Source: Wiktionary — director.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for director.
noun
someone who controls resources and expenditures
- manager
- managing director
noun
someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
- theater director
- theatre director
noun
the person who directs the making of a film
- film director
noun
the person who leads a musical group
- conductor
- music director
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is director in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of director
D(2) + I(1) + R(1) + E(1) + C(3) + T(1) + O(1) + R(1) = 11 points.
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Anagrams of director
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from director
136 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in director. Showing up to 24, longest first.