prime minister

Questions about prime minister

What does prime minister mean?

prime minister means "the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for prime minister?

Close synonyms include PM, premier, chancellor, premier. 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 prime minister a common word?

prime minister 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.