commander (n.)

• ace
• admiral
• aide
• aide-de-camp
• boatswain
• boss
• brigadier
• captain
• champion
• chatelaine
• chief
• colonel
• commandant
• commodore
• dean
• director
• ensign
• exec
• executive
• fugleman
• general
• generalissimo
• genius
• governor
• head
• higher-up
• laureate
• leader
• lieutenant
• major
• manager
• marshal
• master
• mate
• navigator
• nonpareil
• officer
• paragon
• patron
• principal
• prodigy
• quartermaster
• ruler
• senior
• sirdar
• skipper
• star
• subaltern
• sublieutenant
• superior
• superman
• superstar
• virtuoso