VICE PRESIDENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An executive officer ranking immediately below a president; may serve in the president's place under certain circumstances

Synonyms:

V.P.; vice president

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("vice president" is a kind of...):

executive; executive director (a person responsible for the administration of a business)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vice president"):

executive vice president (a vice president holding executive power)

senior vice president (the ranking vice president in a firm that has more than one)

Vice President of the United States (the vice president of the United States who presides over the United States Senate)

Derivation:

vice-presidential (relating to a vice president or vice-presidency)