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

Trump’s lack of specifics on his new 10% Canada tariff raised key questions for Erica York, vice president of federal tax policy at the Tax Foundation. —Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025

Yet after a bruising loss last year, the former vice president would have an uphill battle ahead of her to regain support within her party and among voters across the country. —Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025

Lewis, vice president of academics at the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics, was not involved with the study. —Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025

Bozeman’s career has included eight years at Caterpillar, five years in charge of Amazon’s transportation services arm, and a brief stint as vice president of Ford’s customer service division. —Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 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