taskmaster

Noun

Meaning

One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lord inspector captain foreman head director manager superintendent brigadier warden leader chief master owner commander
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Antonyms

loafer idler dependent client inactive drone
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Hyponyms

slave driver

Phrases with the word

hard taskmaster brutal taskmaster

Examples

Frivolity is a stern taskmaster. Bill Griffith

That's because I simply carried on dancing, [she said]. It was my first love, and thanks to my taskmaster of a grandmother (Yadugiri Devi), I had never stopped my Bharata Natyam. Vyjayanthimala

I'm a taskmaster. I was brought up that way, and I'm sure I imposed that on my kids. Hume Cronyn

Agent Venom is eventually recruited by General Thaddeus Ross to join his team, The Thunderbolts which includes reformed villains like Baron Zemo and Taskmaster. Source: Internet

But there's very little chance of anyone winning any kind of fight against Taskmaster. Source: Internet

In by writer Jed Mackay, artist Alessandro Vitti and colorist Guru-eFx, the Taskmaster must get close enough to Agent Coulson to duplicate his body language, and he decides to do it at the local comic book shop. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

tasklet tasklike tasklist taskmasterly taskmastership taskmistress