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

Ali Tager, an NCA vice president, said on the On The Margin podcast that about a third of small and mid-sized businesses already accept crypto, and that their own customers are pushing. — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Advertisement Koray Kavukcuoglu, DeepMind’s chief technology officer, will replace Hassabis at the helm of DeepMind, though in a senior vice president position rather than as CEO, Google boss Sundar Pichai wrote in a memo on Wednesday. — Billy Perrigo, Time, 6 Aug. 2026

The Chicago region’s subsurface ground conditions, along with its warm summers and cold winters, makes geothermal energy cost-effective and useful throughout the year, said Kenneth Maruyama, senior vice president of Tree Street Group. — Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026

SiriusXM hired Jenny Tartikoff, who formerly led communications for Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures, as senior vice president and head of communications for the satellite radio and podcast company. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Aug. 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