Synonyms of president

president

noun

ˈpre-zə-dənt 

as in chairman

a person in charge of a meeting

the president of the international conference on genocide

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chairman
• chairperson
• moderator
• presider
• chair
• speaker
• prolocutor
• chairwoman
• cochairman
• cochair
• copresident
• cochairperson
• cochairwoman

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of president

More recently, the outgoing governor — who is expected to run for president in 2028 — has mulled commuting all 536 state death row prisoners’ sentences to life without parole. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Some of those initiatives depend on the president’s pen, and others can be authorized by Congress. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

Meanwhile, the president of Saudi oil company Aramco, whose sites have been targeted by the Houthis, said the amount of oil moving through a pipeline that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz has increased threefold in light of the global energy crisis. — Melanie Lidman, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

The current president of the Hartford Federation of Teachers, Corey Moses, criticized the tax credit as an effort to privatize schooling in America. — Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026