Phrase guide

vice president

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A deputy to a president, often empowered to assume the position of president on their death or absence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An executive in a business in charge of a department or branch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The holder of the secondary office to the President of the United States, who is first in line of succession to the President, and also acts as presiding officer of the United States Senate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

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4

noun

Meaning 4

an executive officer ranking immediately below a president; may serve in the president's place under certain circumstances

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: V.P.

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: executive, executive director

Narrower terms: executive vice president, senior vice president, Vice President of the United States

History

Etymology

From vice- + president.

Across languages

Translations

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: nënkryetar — deputy to a president
  • Albanian: nënpresident — deputy to a president
  • Albanian: zëvendëspresident — deputy to a president
  • Amharic: ምክትል ፕሬዝዳንት (məktəl pərezdant) — deputy to a president
  • Arabic: نَائِب رَئِيس (nāʔib raʔīs) — deputy to a president
  • Arabic: نَائِبَةُ رَئِيسَة (nāʔibatu raʔīsa) — deputy to a president
  • Armenian: փոխնախագահ (pʻoxnaxagah) — deputy to a president
  • Azerbaijani: vitse-prezident — deputy to a president
  • Belarusian: віцэ-прэзідэ́нт (vice-prezidént) — deputy to a president
  • Belarusian: віцэ-прэзідэ́нтка (vice-prezidéntka) — deputy to a president
  • Bulgarian: ви́цепрезиде́нт (víceprezidént) — deputy to a president
  • Bulgarian: ви́цепрезиде́нтка (víceprezidéntka) — deputy to a president
  • Catalan: vicepresident — deputy to a president
  • Catalan: vicepresidenta — deputy to a president
  • Cebuano: bise presidente — deputy to a president
  • Chinese Cantonese: 副總統 /副总统 (fu3 zung2 tung2) — deputy to a president
  • Chinese Cantonese: 副主席 (fu3 zyu2 zik6) — deputy to a president
  • Chinese: 副總統 /副总统 (hù-chóng-thóng) — deputy to a president
  • Chinese: 副主席 — deputy to a president
  • Chinese Mandarin: 副總統 /副总统 (fùzǒngtǒng) — deputy to a president
  • Chinese Mandarin: 副主席 (fùzhǔxí) — deputy to a president
  • Czech: viceprezident — deputy to a president
  • Czech: viceprezidentka — deputy to a president
  • Danish: vicepresident — deputy to a president
  • Dutch: vicepresident — deputy to a president
  • Dutch: vicevoorzitter — deputy to a president
  • Esperanto: vicprezidanto — deputy to a president
  • Estonian: asepresident — deputy to a president
  • Faroese: varaforseti — deputy to a president
  • Finnish: varapresidentti — deputy to a president
  • French: vice-président — deputy to a president
  • French: vice-présidente — deputy to a president
  • Galician: vicepresidente — deputy to a president
  • Galician: vicepresidenta — deputy to a president
  • Georgian: ვიცე-პრეზიდენტი (vice-ṗrezidenṭi) — deputy to a president
  • German: Vizepräsident — deputy to a president
  • German: Vizepräsidentin — deputy to a president
  • Greek: αντιπρόεδρος (antipróedros) — deputy to a president
  • Hebrew: סגן נשיא (sgan nasí) — deputy to a president
  • Hindi: उपराष्ट्रपति (uprāṣṭrapti) — deputy to a president
  • Hindi: उपाध्यक्ष (upādhyakṣ) — deputy to a president
  • Hindi: उपसभापति (upsabhāpti) — deputy to a president
  • Hungarian: alelnök — deputy to a president
  • Icelandic: varaforseti — deputy to a president
  • Ido: viceprezidanto — deputy to a president
  • Indonesian: wakil presiden — deputy to a president
  • Italian: vicepresidente — deputy to a president
  • Italian: vicepresidentessa — deputy to a president
  • Japanese: 副大統領 (fukudaitōryō) — deputy to a president
  • Japanese: ヴァイスプレジデント (vaisupurejidento) — deputy to a president
  • Kazakh: вице-президент (vise-prezident) — deputy to a president
  • Khmer: អនុប្រធានាធិបតី (ʼaʼnuprɑthiəniəthɨppaʼdəy) — deputy to a president
  • Korean: 부통령 (butongnyeong) — deputy to a president
  • Korean: 부대통령 (budaetongnyeong) — deputy to a president
  • Kyrgyz: вице-президент (vitse-prezident) — deputy to a president
  • Lao: ຮອງປະທານ (hǭng pa thān) — deputy to a president
  • Lao: ຮອງປະທານາທິບໍດີ (hǭng pa thā nā thi bǭ dī) — deputy to a president
  • Latin: praeses vicarius — deputy to a president
  • Latvian: viceprezidents — deputy to a president
  • Latvian: viceprezidente — deputy to a president
  • Lithuanian: viceprezidentas — deputy to a president
  • Lithuanian: viceprezidentė — deputy to a president
  • Macedonian: потпретседател (potpretsedatel) — deputy to a president
  • Macedonian: потпретседателка (potpretsedatelka) — deputy to a president
  • Malay: naib presiden — deputy to a president
  • Malay: timbalan presiden — deputy to a president
  • Malay: naib yang dipertua — deputy to a president
  • Marathi: उपराष्ट्रपती (uprāṣṭraptī) — deputy to a president
  • Norwegian Bokmål: visepresident — deputy to a president
  • Pannonian Rusyn: подпредсидатель (podpredsidatelʹ) — deputy to a president
  • Pannonian Rusyn: подпредсидателька (podpredsidatelʹka) — deputy to a president
  • Iranian Persian: مُعاوِنِ رَئیس (mo'âven-e ra'is) — deputy to a president
  • Iranian Persian: نایِبرَئیس (nâyeb-ra'is) — deputy to a president
  • Iranian Persian: نایِبِ رَئیس (nâyeb-e ra'is) — deputy to a president
  • Polish: wiceprezydent — deputy to a president
  • Polish: wiceprezydentka — deputy to a president
  • Portuguese: vice-presidente — deputy to a president
  • Romanian: vicepreședinte — deputy to a president
  • Romanian: vicepreședintă — deputy to a president
  • Russian: ви́це-президе́нт (více-prezidént) — deputy to a president
  • Scottish Gaelic: iar-cheann-suidhe — deputy to a president
  • Serbo-Croatian: потпре́дседнӣк — deputy to a president
  • Serbo-Croatian: potprédsednīk — deputy to a president
  • Slovak: viceprezident — deputy to a president
  • Slovak: viceprezidentka — deputy to a president
  • Slovene: podpredsednik — deputy to a president
  • Slovene: podpredsednica — deputy to a president
  • Spanish: vicepresidente — deputy to a president
  • Spanish: vicepresidenta — deputy to a president
  • Swahili: makamu wa rais — deputy to a president
  • Swedish: vicepresident — deputy to a president
  • Tagalog: pangalawang pangulo — deputy to a president
  • Tagalog: bise presidente — deputy to a president
  • Tajik: ноиб-президент (noyib-prezident) — deputy to a president
  • Tajik: ноиби президент (noyib-i prezident) — deputy to a president
  • Thai: รองประธาน (rɔɔng-bprà-taan) — deputy to a president
  • Thai: อุปนายก (ùp-bpà-naa-yók) — deputy to a president
  • Thai: รองประธานาธิบดี (rɔɔng-bprà-taa-naa-típ-bɔɔ-dii) — deputy to a president
  • Turkish: başkan yardımcısı — deputy to a president
  • Turkmen: wise-prezident — deputy to a president
  • Ukrainian: віце-президе́нт (vice-prezydént) — deputy to a president
  • Ukrainian: віце-президе́нтка (vice-prezydéntka) — deputy to a president
  • Urdu: نائِب صَدْر (nāib sadr) — deputy to a president
  • Uzbek: vitse-prezident — deputy to a president
  • Vietnamese: phó chủ tịch — deputy to a president
  • Vietnamese: phó tổng thống — deputy to a president
  • Welsh: is-lywydd — deputy to a president
  • Yiddish: וויצע פּרעזידענט (vitse prezident) — deputy to a president