vice president

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsV.P.

   Broaderexecutive

   Narrowerexecutive vice presidentsenior vice presidentVice President of the United States

Questions about vice president

What does vice president mean?

vice president means "an executive officer ranking immediately below a president; may serve in the president's place under certain circumstances".

What is another word for vice president?

Close synonyms include V.P.. 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 vice president a common word?

vice president is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.