Definition for Dean:

• A dignitary in cathedral and collegiate churches who presides over the other clergy: a priest who presides at local synods: the president of the faculty in a college.

Synonyms for Dean:

• n.

  •James Dean (noun)
  • James Dean.
  •
  • canon,
  • archbishopric,
  • bishop,
  • bishopric,
  • the Archbishop of Canterbury,
  • abbess.
  •
  • mover and shaker,
  • eminence,
  • figure,
  • mogul,
  • vip,
  • authority figure,
  • leading light,
  • ecclesiastic,
  • a force to be reckoned with,
  • magnate.
  •
  • medicine,
  • registrar,
  • law,
  • engineering,
  • official,
  • education,
  • pharmacy,
  • agriculture.
  •administrator (noun)
  • over-seers,
  • person upstair,
  • super-visors,
  • super-visor,
  • prezzes,
  • over seers,
  • super visor,
  • head people,
  • over seer,
  • head honchos,
  • head persons,
  • super visors.
  •clergyman (noun)
  • the revs,
  • sky scouts,
  • turnaround collar,
  • devil dodgers,
  • turn around collars,
  • turn-around collars,
  • turn around collar,
  • turnaround collars,
  • harp polishers.
  •clergyperson (noun)
  • bi shop,
  • bi-shops,
  • churchpeople,
  • arch-bishop,
  • arch bishops,
  • predicants,
  • blackcoats,
  • bi-shop,
  • pulpitarians,
  • arch bishop,
  • person the cloth,
  • person cloth,
  • person of cloth,
  • arch-bishops,
  • person god,
  • ecclesiasts,
  • bi shops,
  • pulpiteers.
  •dean (noun)
  • James Byron Dean.
  •director (noun)
  • magistrate,
  • general,
  • ringmaster,
  • taskmaster,
  • king,
  • band master,
  • boss,
  • overseer,
  • foreman,
  • warden,
  • conductor,
  • queen,
  • baron,
  • overlord.
  •educator (noun)
  • pro fessors,
  • pro-fessors,
  • pro fessor,
  • pro-fessor.
  •person (noun)
  • dean.
  •pilot (noun)
  • doyendoyenne,
  • doyen-doyenne,
  • one control,
  • one at wheel,
  • helmspersons,
  • one wheel,
  • doyen doyennes,
  • one at control,
  • wheelpersons,
  • one controls,
  • helmspeople,
  • one at controls,
  • one the control,
  • steerspersons,
  • one at the control,
  • aerialists,
  • doyen doyenne,
  • doyen-doyennes,
  • wheelpeople,
  • steerspeople,
  • one the wheel,
  • one the controls,
  • doyendoyennes.
  •principal (noun)
  • key players.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • guidance counselor,
  • bursar,
  • lunch lady,
  • school governor,
  • governing body,
  • vice chancellor,
  • school board.
  •
  • chancellor,
  • rector,
  • provost.
  •
  • father,
  • senate.

Paraphrases for Dean:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    vice-dean.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    Deen.

Antonyms for Dean:

• n.

  • leader of institution
    pupil, student.
  • Other antonyms:
    inferior, doyenne, greenhorn, junior, underling.

Dean Sentence Examples:

• The dean of the American missionary colony is Rev.

• Thereupon the Dean proceeded: 'But I wish to know yet one thing, whether you are alone, or have any companions with you?

Homophones for Dean:

• down, daimon, dam, daytime, dame, danau, dim, Deane, dionaea, donnean, danu, Deen, deny, dime, dawn, din, didion, damon, Dodonaea, detain, dm, dun, dyne, dummy, diamine, deweyan, dominee, dead-on, dioon, Dona, dama, done, doyen, donna, duodenum, doyenne, demon, domain name, dayton, dahomey, dietitian, doom, diodon, downy, dane, dodoma, duenna, dune, deaden, deem, donnian, dominie, den, demo, Duomo, die down, dine, dana, dittany, diana, datum, dayan, diadem, dna, downy haw, detainee, Dahna, dynamo, diatom, daemon, donee, domino, dudeen, diam, damn, diwan, demean, donne, dine in, don, dominion, do in, dome, domine, danaea, denim, domain.

Hyponym for Dean:

• n.

  • person
    academic administrator, cardinal.