Captain
Captain noun - The person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do.
Usage example: we only do what the captain tells us to, so it's not our fault when things don't work out
Lord is a synonym for captain. In some cases you can use "Lord" instead the word "Captain" as a noun or a verb.
Lord
Lord noun - A person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field.
Usage example: as lords of the local real estate scene, they own nearly all of the city's prime pieces of property
Captain is a synonym for lord in master topic. You can use "Captain" instead the word "Lord" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as magnate.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| human | human captain | human lord |
| good | good captain | good lord |
| female | female captain | female lord |
| best | best captain | best lord |
| Other adjectives: certain, rival, current, original, dead, single, corrupt, obvious, powerful, actual, real, tyrannical, rogue, young, new, late, former, legendary, next, previous. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Reasonable Authority Figure: Hamish's father, the late Lord Ascot, had no problem with Alice becoming a ship's captain and employing her in this capacity.
- But then it turned out she was Suetiful All Along, as she gets elected school captain and proceeds to lord it over everyone.
Source: Creators Pet / Live-Action TV -
Captain Obvious: In the 1990 film version, Mel Gibson interprets the following line in this way to turn the tables on Polonius (Ian Holm):Polonius: What do you read, my lord?
Source: Theatre / Hamlet
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Lord and Captain. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/captain/lord
Captain & Lord. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/captain/lord>.
Lord or Captain. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/captain/lord.
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