Synonyms for chairperson

Most common

chair · presider

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A chairman or chairwoman, someone who presides over a meeting, board, etc.

   She was the chairperson of the board and she presided over the meeting.

Related words

Phrases

vice chairperson

Forms

Plural

chairpersons → chairs, presidents, presiders…

Example sentences

• chair The old man sat in the chair with his eyes closed.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters

chair¹

8 letters

presider

9 letters

president³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (president³ = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français

président

Italiano

presidente

Deutsch

Vorsitzender

Català

president