| Afrikaans | Engels |
|---|
| baas | ⇆ baas; ⇆ boss; ⇆ champion; ⇆ chief; ⇆ crack; ⇆ employer; ⇆ foreman; ⇆ gaffer; ⇆ governor; ⇆ landlord; ⇆ lord; ⇆ manager; ⇆ master; ⇆ mister; ⇆ owner; ⇆ taskmaster; ⇆ top dog |
| baas wees | ⇆ run the show |
| die baas speel oor | ⇆ preside over |
| hy was ons die baas | ⇆ he was one too many for us |
| iemand die baas wees | ⇆ manage somebody |
| jou eie baas wees | ⇆ be one’s own master; ⇆ be one’s own man |
| baaskaart | ⇆ master card |
| baasmesselaar | ⇆ master mason |
| baasraak | ⇆ bring under; ⇆ cope; ⇆ subdue; ⇆ manage; ⇆ master; ⇆ negotiate; ⇆ oust; ⇆ overcome; ⇆ overmaster |
| baasruiter | ⇆ rough‐rider |
| baasseeman | ⇆ leading rating |
| baasskap | ⇆ championship; ⇆ paramountcy |
| baasskut | ⇆ crack shot |
| baasspeel | ⇆ boss; ⇆ boss the show; ⇆ wear the breeches; ⇆ bully; ⇆ domineer; ⇆ hector; ⇆ lord; ⇆ lord it over; ⇆ overrule; ⇆ rule the roost |
| baasspeler | ⇆ bully; ⇆ caveman; ⇆ crack player; ⇆ dominator; ⇆ hector; ⇆ swashbuckler |
| baastimmerman | ⇆ master carpenter |
| baasvlieënier | ⇆ ace; ⇆ flying ace |
| baasvlieër | ⇆ ace; ⇆ flying ace |
| baasvoorman | ⇆ charge‐hand; ⇆ chargeman |
| baserig | ⇆ domineering |
| bobaas | ⇆ top dog; ⇆ master; ⇆ overmatch; ⇆ past master; ⇆ screamer; ⇆ top‐notcher; ⇆ top‐sawyer |
| boubaas | ⇆ master builder |
| drilbaas | ⇆ coach |
| drukkersbaas | ⇆ master printer |
| fabrieksbaas | ⇆ factory owner |
| geldbaas | ⇆ capitalist; ⇆ plutocrat; ⇆ tycoon |
| hotelbaas | ⇆ hotelier; ⇆ innkeeper |
| huisbaas | ⇆ landlord |
| joggiebaas | ⇆ caddie‐master |
| mynbaas | ⇆ mine owner |
| onderbaas | ⇆ charge‐hand; ⇆ change‐hand; ⇆ changeman; ⇆ chargeman |
| oubaas | ⇆ gaffer; ⇆ pater |
| pakhuisbaas | ⇆ storekeeper |
| pandjiesbaas | ⇆ pawnbroker; ⇆ uncle |
| perkbaas | ⇆ green‐keeper; ⇆ green‐ranger; ⇆ green‐warden |
| ploegbaas | ⇆ foreman; ⇆ ganger; ⇆ shift‐boss |
| skofbaas | ⇆ shift‐boss |
| spanbaas | ⇆ foreman; ⇆ squad ganger |
| toneelbaas | ⇆ property‐man; ⇆ property‐master |
| vegtersbaas | ⇆ slasher |