presiding

adjective

as in chief
highest in rank or authority a senator who is the presiding member of the armed services committee

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for presiding
  1. chief
  2. commanding
  3. supreme
  4. foremost
  5. leading
  6. senior
  7. top
  8. principal
Adjective
  • But this was apparently not the case, as per Victoria Secret’s chief creative officer Adam Selman.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Bassetti also confirmed that Lucas Green will stay on as chief content officer for operations, James Townley as chief content officer for development and Kate Humphreys as chief communications officer.
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of chief
Adjective
  • Wembanyama, for his part, is eager to become a more commanding voice on the defensive end.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • On the other hand, Anya Taylor-Joy has a real commanding quality, much like Sami Slimane had in Athena.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of commanding
Adjective
  • Lack of preparation Eight weeks after the UAE withdrawal, the US and Israel launched a war on Iran, killing supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
    — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Winston cigarettes and Davidoff cigars serve to sell an image of supreme, untouchable confidence.
    — Michael Douglas, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of supreme
Adjective
  • Astaire is the world's foremost exponent of that particular variety of heart throb!
    — David Hajdu, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The former is one of the world's foremost entertainment capitals, and the latter has a starving fan base and state-of-the-art venue in Climate Pledge Arena.
    — Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of foremost
Adjective
  • Williams and Storrie return to front the series, with Justice Smith, Charlie Gillespie, Daniel Diemer and Shaheen Jafargholi joining them in leading roles for the second season.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Earlier this year, Netflix kicked off its distribution deal with leading commercial broadcaster TF1, giving subscribers access to the network’s linear and on-demand programming directly through the streaming platform.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of leading
Adjective
  • Autonomous attacks powered by AI agents are becoming more common, Jessica Ji, a senior research analyst at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) told Fortune.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The approach is starting to resonate across Hawai’i’s tourism industry, says Jhana Young, sustainable seafood senior manager with Conservation International Hawai’i.
    — Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of senior
Adjective
  • About 4,400 SpaceX employees stood to become millionaires once the stock began trading, the New York Times reported, and Fortune profiled workers from top executives to welders whose equity is now worth seven figures or more.
    — Heather Occhino, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The DreamCloud Premier Hybrid Mattress ultimately reigns supreme after years of testing, thanks to its combination of body-contouring foam layers, supportive springs, and a plush Euro top cover.
    — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of top
Adjective
  • He is seen as the PM’s principal rival, and could replace him.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The Oniks and Kalibr missile families are among the principal weapons associated with Russia’s Yasen and Yasen-M-class submarines.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of principal
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

presides (over)
presiding
presiding (over)
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Presiding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presiding. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of emissary

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'Can' vs. 'May'

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

The Words of the Week - Oct. 23

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
different halloween monsters in silhouette
A Monstrous Vocab Quiz Words That Go Bump in the Night
See All