presiding

adjective

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

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for presiding
  1. chief
  2. commanding
  3. supreme
  4. foremost
  5. leading
  6. senior
  7. top
  8. principal
Adjective
  • The places with the biggest insurance gaps are those where heavy precipitation flooding occurs away from large water bodies, said Jeremy Porter, the chief economist at First Street.
    — MICHAEL PHILLIS, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Ford said prioritizing his employees and the communities his company impacts is chief among his values.
    — Connor Greene, Time, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of chief
Adjective
  • Kirkwood had a commanding lead before Palou's spin caused a caution.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Adrián Marín set up the play with his pass to Tiago as Orlando took what seemed to be a commanding lead in the second half.
    — Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of commanding
Adjective
  • These early episodes suggest several figures from previous American Horror Story seasons are in the process of making a deal with the devil that gives them supreme power.
    — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Khamenei has not been seen in public since replacing his father as Iran's supreme leader.
    — Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of supreme
Adjective
  • Founded in 1937, the Fashion Scholarship Fund is the fashion industry’s foremost education and workforce development nonprofit.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Making the roster more functional will be the foremost objective for whomever Crane chooses to replace Brown.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of foremost
Adjective
  • The bull case is that those conditions remain unusually favorable because manufacturers cannot add leading-edge capacity quickly enough to meet demand.
    — Isabella Gao, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • LeBron James debuted a new bald look and sounded ready to get to work as the Philadelphia 76ers held their first Media Day since signing the NBA's leading scorer.
    — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of leading
Adjective
  • Programming director Ichiyama Shozo leads the selection alongside senior programmer Ishizaka Kenji, who oversees Asian Future.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Gordon Noble, the paper’s senior author and an archeologist at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, says that the evidence of craftworking is particularly exciting.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of senior
Adjective
  • Prestonfield House is one of the city's most renowned five-star hotels, with a location within walking distance of all the key sights—and all the bustle of the Fringe's top venues—while feeling like a world away.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Anything But Ghosts will arrive on May 7, 2027 from Focus Features, a little less than one year after Obsession hit theaters and became the studio’s top grossing movie of all time.
    — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of top
Adjective
  • The initiative, spearheaded by the nonprofit Outer Space Institute, aims to lobby the United Nations to request an advisory opinion from the ICJ, the UN's principal judicial body.
    — Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Sherratt has years of direct experience in attracting and nurturing teacher and principal talent, having worked previously for the University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of principal
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“Presiding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presiding. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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