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

Will you be allowed to bring in your own people, or will the Monforts — owner Dick Monfort and his son Walker, the executive vice president — resist your efforts? —Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025

Newsweek has contacted the vice president's office for comment via an email sent outside regular business hours. —Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025

One of those is Michele Mulroney, who served as vice president of WGA West in 2023 and was recently elected president. —Gene Maddaus, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025

Singer first appeared as an officer in 2007, resigning as vice president in 2010. —Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025

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