vice president

noun

1

: an officer next in rank to a president and usually empowered to serve as president in that officer's absence or disability

2

: any of several officers serving as a president's deputies in charge of particular locations or functions

vice presidential adjective

Examples of vice president in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That morning, Kask, who was vice president of the New York Islanders at the time, was heading into Manhattan to pick up her husband one day after his heart surgery. — Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026

Nick Turley, OpenAI’s vice president and head of ChatGPT, said in a briefing for reporters that finance is one of the industry verticals OpenAI has chosen to build specific products for, along with cybersecurity and software engineering. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026

Horwitz, 81, is now the vice president for alumni relations, indefatigable in that role but no longer embedded daily with the current roster. — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Variety has learned exclusively that the company has named Michael Beck senior vice president of programming, while Jessica Snavely has been promoted to senior vice president of production and operations. — Joe Otterson, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for vice president

• accent
• advent
• ascent
• assent
• augment
• cement
• consent
• dement
• descent
• detent
• dissent
• event

Kids Definition

vice president

noun

: an official whose rank is next below that of the president and who takes the place of the president when necessary

Legal Definition

vice president

noun

1

: an officer next in rank to a president and usually empowered to serve as president in that officer's absence or discharge

2

: any of several officers serving as a president's deputies in charge of particular locations or functions (as sales)

vice presidential adjective