Synonyms for mayor
Most common
provost borough-reeve burgomaster city manager bailiff mayoress
All synonyms
Noun
1. Head of a town
borough-reeve, provost, burgomaster, praetor dated, portreeve rare, boroughmaster rare
Other
city manager, bailiff, mair UK, mayoress
Definitions
- n. 1
The chief executive of the municipal government of a city, borough, etc., formerly (historical) usually appointed as a caretaker by European royal courts but now usually appointed or elected locally.
Forms
- Plural
- mayors → provosts, burgomasters, praetors, portreeves…
Example sentences
- provost Tom emailed the provost with his complaint.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| mayor | steady | |
| provost | steady | |
| burgomaster | steady | |
| bailiff | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- mair1
- 7 letters
- provost2, bailiff2, praetor2
- 8 letters
- mayoress
- 9 letters
- portreeve
- 11 letters
- burgomaster4
- 13 letters
- boroughmaster
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (provost2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- maire
- Italiano
- sindaco
- Español
- alcalde
- Deutsch
- Bürgermeister
- Català
- alcalde