commander-in-chief

1. 1.

   the officer who holds the supreme command

   “in the U.S. the president is the commander in chief”

   Synonymscommander in chiefgeneralissimo

   Broadercommanding officer

Questions about commander-in-chief

What does commander-in-chief mean?

commander-in-chief means "the officer who holds the supreme command".

How many syllables are in commander-in-chief?

commander-in-chief has 5 syllables: com-man-de-r-in--chief. The stress falls on "de".

What is another word for commander-in-chief?

Close synonyms include commander in chief, generalissimo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is commander-in-chief a common word?

commander-in-chief is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.