Meaning of boss In English

• 0 the person who is in charge of an organization and who tells others what to do:

  • She was the boss of a large international company.

  • I started up my own business and now I'm my own boss (= I work for myself and no one tells me what to do).

  • informal Who's the boss (= the person who makes all the important decisions) in your house?

• 1 a raised rounded decoration, such as on a shield or a ceiling

• 2 to tell someone what to do a lot:

  • I wish he'd stop bossing me around/about.

  • He enjoys bossing the younger children.

  • He's a player who knows how to boss games.

  • Germany bossed the second half.

• 3 very good or excellent:

  • It was a boss party.

• 4 the person who is in charge of an organization or a department and who tells others what to do:

  • I’ll ask my boss if I can take the afternoon off.

• 5 a person who is senior to you at work, especially the person who is your manager:

  • Getting on badly with the boss topped the list of reasons given by workers for leaving their job.

  • my new/old/former boss

• 6 the person in charge of a company:

  • Now that the company finally has a new boss, investors will be demanding to see a new strategy.

  • company/union/bank bosses

• 7 to work for yourself, not for an employer:

  • I always wanted to be self-employed, to be my own boss, and do things the way I thought they should be done.