Synonyms of in charge

in charge

phrase

as in presiding

highest in rank or authority

The team member in charge led the morning meeting.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• presiding
• top
• chief
• high
• foremost
• supreme
• primary
• first
• leading
• commanding
• lead
• senior
• principal
• prime
• premier
• head
• supereminent
• preeminent
• main
• managing
• high-level
• reigning
• predominate
• ruling
• predominant
• controlling
• officiating
• grand
• superior
• paramount
• dominant
• supervisory
• sovereign
• overseeing
• upper
• major
• directing
• regnant
• uppermost
• ascendant
• upmost
• topmost

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• less
• secondary
• last
• second
• subsidiary
• inferior
• lower
• subordinate
• lesser
• under
• assisting
• ancillary
• assistant
• junior
• deputy
• lowly
• coadjutor

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of in charge

Her husband, Konrad Wasniewski is in charge of logistics, driving the truck and figuring out where to put the truck on the property where the gathering is held. — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026

The man in charge of the regulatory rollback is an industry insider whose former clients are among the large companies likely to benefit from his plan. — Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 8 July 2026

Five weeks later, Hulsey called 911 on the city administrator over a dispute about who is in charge of the council agendas. — Rachel Royster july 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2026

Workers are paying for it as the people in charge mostly ignore our throbbing national headache. — Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 8 July 2026