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

Chief Legal Officer David Hyman and Spencer Wang, vice president of finance, investor relations and corporate development, also were key architects, with all of them reporting into co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters. —Michelle F. Davis, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2025

Owens is a senior vice president and the head of global funding and collateral management at Wells Fargo in Charlotte, his LinkedIn bio shows. —Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 6 Dec. 2025

Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of services, even said during his testimony in a Google antitrust hearing that people may not need an iPhone 10 years from now. —Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 6 Dec. 2025

For those who elect to be organ donors through the DMV, donation will only occur if that individual dies in a narrow set of conditions, said Luis Mayen, the vice president with the Donor Network West, one of four organ procurement organizations that operates in California. —William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 5 Dec. 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