Definition of Chief Executive

1. Noun. The person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government. "The President likes to jog every morning"

Exact synonyms: President, President Of The United States, United States President
Group relationships: Executive Branch, Executive Office Of The President
Generic synonyms: Chief Of State, Head Of State
Specialized synonyms: Adams, John Adams, President Adams, President John Adams, Adams, John Quincy Adams, President Adams, President John Quincy Adams, Arthur, Chester A. Arthur, Chester Alan Arthur, President Arthur, Buchanan, James Buchanan, President Buchanan, Bush, George Bush, George H.w. Bush, George Herbert Walker Bush, President Bush, Bush, Dubya, Dubyuh, George Bush, George W. Bush, George Walker Bush, President Bush, President George W. Bush, Carter, James Earl Carter, James Earl Carter Jr., Jimmy Carter, President Carter, Cleveland, Grover Cleveland, President Cleveland, Stephen Grover Cleveland, Bill Clinton, Clinton, President Clinton, William Jefferson Clinton, Calvin Coolidge, Coolidge, President Coolidge, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight David Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower, Eisenhower, Ike, President Eisenhower, Fillmore, Millard Fillmore, President Fillmore, Ford, Gerald Ford, Gerald R. Ford, Gerald Rudolph Ford, President Ford, Garfield, James A. Garfield, James Abraham Garfield, James Garfield, President Garfield, Grant, Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Harding, President Harding, Warren Gamaliel Harding, Warren Harding, Harrison, President Harrison, President William Henry Harrison, William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison, Harrison, President Benjamin Harrison, President Harrison, Hayes, President Hayes, Rutherford B. Hayes, Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Herbert Clark Hoover, Herbert Hoover, Hoover, President Hoover, Andrew Jackson, Jackson, Old Hickory, Jefferson, President Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Johnson, Johnson, President Andrew Johnson, President Johnson, Johnson, Lbj, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Lyndon Johnson, President Johnson, President Lyndon Johnson, Jack Kennedy, Jfk, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy, President Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln, President Lincoln, James Madison, Madison, President Madison, Mckinley, President Mckinley, William Mckinley, James Monroe, Monroe, President Monroe, Nixon, President Nixon, Richard M. Nixon, Richard Milhous Nixon, Richard Nixon, Franklin Pierce, Pierce, President Pierce, James K. Polk, James Knox Polk, James Polk, Polk, President Polk, President Reagan, Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Ronald Wilson Reagan, President Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, F. D. Roosevelt, Fdr, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, President Franklin Roosevelt, President Roosevelt, Roosevelt, President Taft, Taft, William Howard Taft, President Taylor, Taylor, Zachary Taylor, Harry S Truman, Harry Truman, President Truman, Truman, John Tyler, President Tyler, Tyler, Martin Van Buren, President Van Buren, Van Buren, George Washington, President Washington, Washington, President Wilson, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Wilson, Woodrow Wilson
Derivative terms: Preside, Presidency, Presidency, Presidential, Presidentship

2. Noun. The office of the United States head of state. "A President is elected every four years"

Definition of Chief Executive

1. Noun. The president of the United States. ¹

2. Noun. The head of government or head of state. ¹

3. Noun. The governor of a U.S. state. ¹

4. Noun. chief executive officer ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chief Executive

chief artery of thumb
chief cell
chief cell of corpus pineale
chief cell of parathyroid gland
chief cell of stomach
chief complaint
chief constable
chief constables
chief cook and bottle-washer
chief cook and bottle-washers
chief cook and bottle washer
chief cook and bottle washers
chief cooks and bottle-washers
chief cooks and bottle washers
chief executive
chief executive officer
chief executive officers
chief executives
chief financial officer
chief god
chief information officer
chief justice
chief legal officer
chief legal officers
chief mate
chief of staff
chief of state
chief operating officer
chief petty officer

Literary usage of Chief Executive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"DFC £1615 to £2061 Division II Assistant Secretary, CHA Duke Principal, W. Savage £1.894 to £2.646 £2800 to £3500 Chief Executive Officers, ..."

2. Comparative Administrative Law: An Analysis of the Administrative Systems by Frank Johnson Goodnow (1893)
"THE organization of a chief executive authority, and the definition of the executive power which should be entrusted to it, are problems which have always ..."

3. Department of Defense Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program Avip edited by Steve Buyer (2000)
"Our third panel witness today is Mr. Fuad El-Hibri, President and Chief Executive Officer of BioPort Corporation. Sir, we thank you for your patience. ..."

4. An Introduction to the Study of the Government of Modern States by William Franklin Willoughby (1919)
"All of them are enjoyed by the chief executive of the United States. There are, however, certain other powers possessed by chief executives of other ..."

5. The Constitution and Government of the State of New York: An Appraisal by New York (State). (1915)
"Staff " agencies so organized and related to the chief executive that he may ... THE " GOVERNOR " OR " Chief Executive " It is a curious commentary on our ..."

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