Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for CEO. Search instead for FEKO.
Synonyms

CEO

American  
Or C.E.O.

abbreviation

  1. chief executive officer: the head of an organization, company, etc.

CEO British  

abbreviation

  1. chief executive officer

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of CEO

First recorded in 1910–15; originally Australian

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The CEO noted that the war in the Persian Gulf is impacting the company’s cost of supply.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Michael Truell, Cursor’s CEO, said on X on Tuesday that the arrangement marked a “meaningful step on our path to build the best place to code with AI.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

When asked about any potential fines, the CEO said they’re prohibited from commenting about details like that.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

SpaceX’s next acquisition could end up being Cursor, the rapidly growing artificial-intelligence startup behind popular tools that have been praised by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

And its CEO was being told he was either a fool or a crook, by Vincent Daniel, from Queens.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.