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

Bamforth raised $5 million to match a donation from Anheuser-Busch, secured with help from alumnus and former company vice president Doug Muhlman. —Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 27 Dec. 2025

Recent violent incidents on college campuses include the Brown University shooting that killed 19-year-old Ella Cook, vice president of the Brown College Republicans club, and recent high school graduate Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov. —Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 27 Dec. 2025

Czaja was also the former vice president of operations for Stitch Fix from September 2015 through September 2018. —Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 26 Dec. 2025

For example, some law professors have questioned whether a former two-term president could serve as vice president, but the 12th Amendment says anyone ineligible to be president is also ineligible to be vice president. —Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 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