cochair

noun

co·​chair ˌkō-ˈcher 

variants or co-chair

plural cochairs or co-chairs

: one of two or more chairpersons who preside jointly over something (such as a meeting, organization, committee, event, or department) : cochairperson

A short while later she agreed to serve as honorary cochair of the Komen Foundation's Race for the Cure …

—Alan Pell Crawford

After a real estate client introduced her to George Herman House, she didn't hesitate to lend her support. She's been co-chair of the board for five years.

—Lisa Rainford

… today she is the department chair of the Foreign Language department and co-chair of the English as a Second Language department …

—Leah Carey

cochair transitive verb

or co-chair

cochaired or co-chaired; cochairing or co-chairing; cochairs or co-chairs

… a new antidrug commission—cochaired by a corporate leader and a high-ranking administration official …

—Newsweek

Examples of cochair in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Held each February at Fort Mason in San Francisco, the daylong event hosts thousands of two-spirit individuals and allies, according to Flores, who for three years running has served as the powwow’s cochair. —Matt Alderton, USA Today, 18 Nov. 2025

At Disney, Disney Entertainment cochair Dana Walden (No. 22 on the MPW list) is a top contender to take over from Bob Iger—a race with even more eyes on it due to Iger’s boomerang and issues with his last successor. —Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025

The multitalented artist appeared at the 2025 Met Gala, showing off his sense of style once again after serving as one of the cochairs in 2024. —Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025

Mary Bloom, the dining hall’s cochair, began volunteering to keep tradition alive. —Jess Eng, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cochair

• abwehr
• affair
• affaire
• airfare
• altair
• armchair
• aware
• beware
• bugbear
• carfare
• childcare
• compare