employer

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: em=ploy=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

employer, n. 

 One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

employer

boss, business, bwana, chef, chief, church dignitary, company, consumer, corporation, director, ecclesiarch, elder, enjoyer, establishment, firm, gaffer, goodman, governor, guru, head, husband, liege, liege lord, lord, lord paramount, manager, master, organization, outfit, overlord, owner, padrone, paramount, paterfamilias, patriarch, patron, proprietor, rabbi, sahib, seigneur, seignior, starets, teacher, user

ROGET THESAURUS

employer

Purchase

N purchase, emption, buying, purchasing, shopping, preemption, refusal, coemption, bribery, slave trade, buyer, purchaser, emptor, vendee, patron, employer, client, customer, clientele, purchased, caveat emptor, the customer is always right.