Meanings
nounchairperson (plural chairpersons or chairpeople)
plural chairpersons · plural chairpeople
- A chairman or chairwoman, someone who presides over a meeting, board, etc.
She was the chairperson of the board and she presided over the meeting.
Synonyms: chair, presiding officer, presider, president
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA chairman or chairwoman, someone who presides over a meeting, board, etc.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
Broader
presiding officer
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
- Proto-Hellenic*kətá
- Ancient Greekκατά (katá)
- Proto-Indo-European*sed-
- Proto-Indo-European*sedreh₂
- Proto-Hellenic*hédrā
- Ancient Greekἕδρα (hédra)
- Ancient Greekκᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)
- Latincathedra
- Old Frenchchaiere
- Middle Englishchayere
- Englishchair
- Latinpersōna
- Anglo-Normanpersoune
- Middle Englishpersoun
- Englishperson
- Englishchairperson
From chair + person, after chairman and chairwoman.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans voorsitter
- voorsittera person who presides over a meeting, a board
Arabic رَئِيس, رَئِيسَة
- رَئِيس (raʔīs)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
- رَئِيسَة (raʔīsa)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
- صَدْر (ṣadr)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
Bengali সভাপতি, সভানেত্রী
- সভাপতি (śobhapoti)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
- সভানেত্রী (śobhanetri)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
Bulgarian председа́тел, председа́телка
- председа́тел (predsedátel)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
- председа́телка (predsedátelka)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
Chinese Cantonese 主席, 議長 /议长
- 主席 (zyu² zik⁶)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
- 議長 /议长 (ji⁵ zoeng²)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
Chinese Mandarin 主席, 議長 /议长
- 主席 (zhǔxí)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
- 議長 /议长 (yìzhǎng)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
Czech předseda, předsedkyně
- předsedaa person who presides over a meeting, a board
- předsedkyněa person who presides over a meeting, a board
Danish formand
- formanda person who presides over a meeting, a board
Dutch voorzitter, voorzitster
- voorzittera person who presides over a meeting, a board
- voorzitstera person who presides over a meeting, a board
Esperanto prezidanto, prezidantino
- prezidantoa person who presides over a meeting, a board
- prezidantinoa person who presides over a meeting, a board
Estonian eesistuja, esimees
- eesistujaa person who presides over a meeting, a board
- esimeesa person who presides over a meeting, a board
Finnish puheenjohtaja
- puheenjohtajaa person who presides over a meeting, a board
French secrétaire général, secrétaire générale
- secrétaire générala person who presides over a meeting, a board
- secrétaire généralea person who presides over a meeting, a board
- présidenta person who presides over a meeting, a board
- présidentea person who presides over a meeting, a board
German Vorsitzender, Vorsitzende
- Vorsitzendera person who presides over a meeting, a board
- Vorsitzendea person who presides over a meeting, a board
Greek πρόεδρος
- πρόεδρος (próedros)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
Hebrew יוֹשֵׁב רֹאשׁ
- יוֹשֵׁב רֹאשׁ (yoshév rosh)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
Hindi अध्यक्ष, अध्यक्षा
- अध्यक्ष (adhyakṣ)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
- अध्यक्षा (adhyakṣā)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
- सभापति (sabhāpti)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
- सभाध्यक्ष (sabhādhyakṣ)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
- सदर (sadar)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
Hungarian elnök
- elnöka person who presides over a meeting, a board
Icelandic formaður
- formaðura person who presides over a meeting, a board
Indonesian ketua
- ketuaa person who presides over a meeting, a board
Irish cathaoirleach
- cathaoirleacha person who presides over a meeting, a board
Italian presidente, presidentessa
- presidentea person who presides over a meeting, a board
- presidentessaa person who presides over a meeting, a board
- capoa person who presides over a meeting, a board
Japanese 議長, 委員長
- 議長 (gichō)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
- 委員長 (iinchō)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
Korean 의장, 위원장
- 의장 (uijang)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
- 위원장 (wiwonjang)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
- 주석 (juseok)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
Latvian priekšsēdētājs, priekšsēdētāja
- priekšsēdētājsa person who presides over a meeting, a board
- priekšsēdētājaa person who presides over a meeting, a board
Lithuanian pirmininkas, pirmininkė
- pirmininkasa person who presides over a meeting, a board
- pirmininkėa person who presides over a meeting, a board
Malay pengerusi
- pengerusia person who presides over a meeting, a board
Māori heamana
- heamanaa person who presides over a meeting, a board
Norwegian Bokmål styreformann, møteleder
- styreformanna person who presides over a meeting, a board
- møteledera person who presides over a meeting, a board
- ledera person who presides over a meeting, a board
- formanna person who presides over a meeting, a board
Polish przewodniczący, przewodnicząca
- przewodniczącya person who presides over a meeting, a board
- przewodniczącaa person who presides over a meeting, a board
Portuguese presidente (da assembleia)
- presidente (da assembleia)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
Romanian președinte, președintă
- președintea person who presides over a meeting, a board
- președintăa person who presides over a meeting, a board
Russian председа́тель, председа́тельница
- председа́тель (predsedátelʹ)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
- председа́тельница (predsedátelʹnica)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
Scottish Gaelic cathraiche
- cathraichea person who presides over a meeting, a board
Slovak predseda, predsedníčka
- predsedaa person who presides over a meeting, a board
- predsedníčkaa person who presides over a meeting, a board
Spanish presidente, presidenta
- presidentea person who presides over a meeting, a board
- presidentaa person who presides over a meeting, a board
Swahili mwenyekiti
- mwenyekitia person who presides over a meeting, a board
Swedish ordförande, styrelseordförande
- ordförandea person who presides over a meeting, a board
- styrelseordförandea person who presides over a meeting, a board
Thai ประธาน
- ประธาน (bprà-taan)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
Turkish başkan, reis
- başkana person who presides over a meeting, a board
- reisa person who presides over a meeting, a board
Ukrainian голова́
- голова́ (holová)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
Urdu صَدْر, رَئِیس
- صَدْر (sadr)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
- رَئِیس (raīs)a person who presides over a meeting, a board
Vietnamese chủ tịch
- chủ tịcha person who presides over a meeting, a board
Cite this entry
APA
chairperson. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chairperson
MLA
“chairperson.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chairperson. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chairperson,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chairperson.
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