vice president

or vice-pres·i·dent

[ vahys prez-i-duhnt ]

noun

1. an officer next in rank to a president who serves as president in the president's absence.
2. an officer next in rank to a president who serves as a deputy to the president or oversees a special division or function.
3. U.S. Government. the officer of this rank who is elected at the same time as the president and who succeeds to the presidency upon the resignation, removal, death, or disability of the president:

   Lincoln's first vice president was Hannibal Hamlin.

vice president

noun

1. an officer ranking immediately below a president and serving as his deputy. A vice president takes the president's place during his absence or incapacity, after his death, and in certain other circumstances AbbreviationVPV. Pres

Derived Forms

• ˌvice ˌpresiˈdential, adjective
• ˌvice ˈpresidency, noun

Other Words From

• vice pres·i·den·cy vice-pres·i·den·cy noun
• vice-pres·i·den·tial adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of vice president¹

First recorded in 1565–75

Example Sentences

Ben Olinsky, senior vice president of structural reform and governance at the liberal Center for American Progress, said that how the Senate handles this moment — where Trump is simultaneously putting forward deeply questionable candidates and demanding the Senate allow them to sail through without vetting — “will tell us a lot about what’s going to happen in the next couple of years.”

From Los Angeles Times

Rebecca Markert, vice president and legal director at Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said St. Gertrude could lose its tax-exempt status for violating the law.

From Los Angeles Times

The site gained attention in recent weeks after bettors put Trump's odds of winning the Nov. 5 presidential election sharply higher than those of Vice President Kamala Harris, despite opinion polls that showed a much closer race.

From Salon

In the just-ended campaign, Trump also hammered the outgoing administration — first President Biden, and then Vice President Kamala Harris when she took up the fight after Biden dropped out — over the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2022 after the Taliban takeover, insisting that those who oversaw the pullout should have been fired.

From Los Angeles Times

“Craig’s shown he has the talent and the range to cover all that we do here at ‘Today,’ ” Libby Leist, senior vice president of “Today,” said Thursday in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times