editor in chief

Questions about editor in chief

What does editor in chief mean?

editor in chief means "a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)".

What is another word for editor in chief?

Close synonyms include editor. 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 editor in chief a common word?

editor in chief is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.