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Definition of executive : 1. An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body.
2. Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties, officer, department, etc.

Synonyms:

over, closed shop, directorial, administer, adventurism, Equity, brother, crisis management, extravagant, Corp., the AFL-CIO, chairmanship, ambassador, account executive, select, at the helm, in charge (of), chapel, critical-path method, corporation, exec, customs, capitalist, expensive, CSR, on top, labor, the civil service, administrant, supervisory, businessperson, costly, bureau, what someone says goes, administrative, high-class, managerial, agent, executive director, directorate, governing, exclusive, in control, sumptuous, the CBI, admin, pricey, ACTU, businesswoman, businessman, decision maker, agency, administration, COSATU, luxurious, branch, council

general, overlord, band master, ringmaster, superintendent, overseer, foreman, mayor, taskmaster, baron, king, queen, supervisor, conductor, ringleader, warden, boss, administrator, magistrate

formative, influential, causal, responsible, germinal, effective, causative, pivotal, generative, motivational

landlord, authority, maestro, guru, head, senior, principal, mother, sire, abbot, titleholder, chief, governor, ruler, commander, squire, dean, mahatma, proprietress, captain, manager, commandant, president, headmaster, star, landlady, leader, headmistress, quartermaster, kingpin, officer, director, mandarin, proprietor, master, Lord

constructive, prolific, fertile, pregnant, fruitful, lush, teeming, productive, parturient, profitable, bountiful, creative, fecund

auditor, official, cashier, teller, trustee, accountant, banker, lender, moneylender, treasurer, financier, comptroller, loaner, bookkeeper, bursar, controller

Usage examples:

• State health machinery should be of two kinds,- fact- gathering and executive supervision through inspection. - "Civics and Health", William H. Allen.
• Passing from college to the counting- room of a great commercial business, his sagacity, energy, and executive power were all brought into successful action. - "From the Easy Chair, series 2", George William Curtis.
• 3. An executive chosen by the people. - "Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson", Thomas Jefferson.