Boss
Boss noun - The person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do.
Usage example: every morning the boss hands out a list of top-priority tasks
Micromanager and boss are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Micromanager" instead a noun "Boss".
Micromanager
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