Standard Lemma guide

CEO

noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Initialism of chief executive officer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism

Topics: business

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: CXO, officer, person

2

noun

Meaning 2

Initialism of chief executive officer.

A notional title for a leading partaker in, or advocate of something or someone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, countable, humorous, uncountable

Topics: business

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: CXO, officer, person

3

noun

Meaning 3

Initialism of civil enforcement officer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Acronym of current engine option.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Initialism of city engineering office.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: government

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Alternative letter-case form of CEO.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To serve as the chief executive officer (CEO) of an organization or company.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, intransitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chief executive officer, chief operating officer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: corporate executive, business executive

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: প্রধান নির্বাহী কর্মকর্তা (prôdhan nirbahi kôrmôkôrta) — chief executive officer
  • Bulgarian: ГИД (GID) — chief executive officer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 最高執行官 /最高执行官 (zuìgāo zhíxíngguān) — chief executive officer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 首席執行官 /首席执行官 (shǒuxí zhíxíngguān) — chief executive officer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 執行總裁 /执行总裁 (zhíxíng zǒngcái) — chief executive officer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 總裁 /总裁 (zǒngcái) — chief executive officer
  • Danish: administrerende direktør — chief executive officer
  • Danish: CEO — chief executive officer
  • Dutch: CEO — chief executive officer
  • Dutch: bestuursvoorzitter — chief executive officer
  • Dutch: algemeen directeur — chief executive officer
  • Esperanto: firmaestro — chief executive officer
  • Finnish: TJ — chief executive officer
  • Finnish: tj — chief executive officer
  • French: PDG — chief executive officer
  • Hebrew: מנכ״ל (mankal) — chief executive officer
  • Hindi: मुख्य कार्यकारी अधिकारी (mukhya kāryakārī adhikārī) — chief executive officer
  • Italian: AD — chief executive officer
  • Norwegian: adm.dir — chief executive officer
  • Norwegian: administrerende direktør — chief executive officer
  • Polish: CEO — chief executive officer
  • Portuguese: CEO — chief executive officer
  • Portuguese: diretor executivo — chief executive officer
  • Romanian: DG — chief executive officer
  • Russian: генди́р (gendír) — chief executive officer
  • Russian: генера́льный дире́ктор (generálʹnyj diréktor) — chief executive officer
  • Serbo-Croatian: главни извршни равнатељ — chief executive officer
  • Serbo-Croatian: главни извршни директор — chief executive officer
  • Serbo-Croatian: glavni izvršni ravnatelj — chief executive officer
  • Serbo-Croatian: glavni izvršni direktor — chief executive officer
  • Spanish: director / gerente / presidente ejecutivo / general — chief executive officer
  • Swedish: CEO — chief executive officer
  • Swedish: VD — chief executive officer
  • Swedish: vd — chief executive officer
  • Turkish: YKB — chief executive officer
  • Vietnamese: giám đốc điều hành — chief executive officer