Meanings
nounchief executive officer (plural chief executive officers)
plural chief executive officers
- businessThe highest-ranking corporate officer or executive officer of a corporation, company, or agency, responsible for carrying out the policies of the board of directors on a day-to-day basis; CEO.
Synonyms: CEO, chief executive
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe highest-ranking corporate officer or executive officer of a corporation, company, or agency, responsible for carrying out the policies of the board of directors on a day-to-day basis; CEO.
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nounthe corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
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Broader
corporate executivebusiness executive
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Translations
Arabic رَئِيس تَنْفِيذِيّ
- رَئِيس تَنْفِيذِيّ (raʔīs tanfīḏiyy)highest-ranking corporate officer
Basque buru exekutiboa ofiziala
- buru exekutiboa ofizialahighest-ranking corporate officer
Bulgarian гла́вен изпълни́телен дире́ктор, генера́лен дире́ктор
- гла́вен изпълни́телен дире́ктор (gláven izpălnítelen diréktor)highest-ranking corporate officer
- генера́лен дире́ктор (generálen diréktor)highest-ranking corporate officer
Chinese Mandarin 最高執行官 /最高执行官, 首席執行官 /首席执行官
- 最高執行官 /最高执行官 (zuìgāo zhíxíngguān)highest-ranking corporate officer
- 首席執行官 /首席执行官 (shǒuxí zhíxíngguān)highest-ranking corporate officer
- 執行總裁 /执行总裁 (zhíxíng zǒngcái)highest-ranking corporate officer
- 行政總裁 /行政总裁 (xíngzhèng zǒngcái)highest-ranking corporate officer
Czech výkonný ředitel
- výkonný ředitelhighest-ranking corporate officer
Danish administrerende direktør
- administrerende direktørhighest-ranking corporate officer
Dutch bestuursvoorzitter, algemeen directeur
- bestuursvoorzitterhighest-ranking corporate officer
- algemeen directeurhighest-ranking corporate officer
- CEOhighest-ranking corporate officer
Esperanto ĉefdirektoro, ĉefa afergvida oficisto
- ĉefdirektorohighest-ranking corporate officer
- ĉefa afergvida oficistohighest-ranking corporate officer
Estonian tegevdirektor
- tegevdirektorhighest-ranking corporate officer
Finnish toimitusjohtaja, pääjohtaja
- toimitusjohtajahighest-ranking corporate officer
- pääjohtajahighest-ranking corporate officer
French Président Directeur Général, PDG
- Président Directeur Généralhighest-ranking corporate officer
- PDGhighest-ranking corporate officer
German Vorstandvorsitzender, Vorstandvorsitzende
- Vorstandvorsitzenderhighest-ranking corporate officer
- Vorstandvorsitzendehighest-ranking corporate officer
- Hauptgeschäftsführerhighest-ranking corporate officer
Greek διευθύνων σύμβουλος, διευθύνουσα σύμβουλος
- διευθύνων σύμβουλος (diefthýnon sýmvoulos)highest-ranking corporate officer
- διευθύνουσα σύμβουλος (diefthýnousa sýmvoulos)highest-ranking corporate officer
Hindi मुख्य कार्यकारी अधिकारी
- मुख्य कार्यकारी अधिकारी (mukhya kāryakārī adhikārī)highest-ranking corporate officer
Hungarian vezérigazgató
- vezérigazgatóhighest-ranking corporate officer
Icelandic framkvæmdastjóri
- framkvæmdastjórihighest-ranking corporate officer
Indonesian direktur utama, dirut
- direktur utamahighest-ranking corporate officer
- diruthighest-ranking corporate officer
Italian amministratore delegato
- amministratore delegatohighest-ranking corporate officer
Japanese 最高経営責任者
- 最高経営責任者 (saikō keiei sekininsha)highest-ranking corporate officer
Korean 최고경영자, 대표이사
- 최고경영자 (choegogyeong'yeongja)highest-ranking corporate officer
- 대표이사 (daepyoisa)highest-ranking corporate officer
- 사장 (sajang)highest-ranking corporate officer
- CEO (CEO)highest-ranking corporate officer
- 최고경영책임자 (choegogyeong'yeongchaegimja)highest-ranking corporate officer
Lithuanian generalinis direktorius
- generalinis direktoriushighest-ranking corporate officer
Malay ketua pegawai eksekutif
- ketua pegawai eksekutifhighest-ranking corporate officer
Norwegian Bokmål daglig leder
- daglig lederhighest-ranking corporate officer
Polish dyrektor zarządzający, dyrektor generalny
- dyrektor zarządzającyhighest-ranking corporate officer
- dyrektor generalnyhighest-ranking corporate officer
- prezeshighest-ranking corporate officer
Portuguese diretor executivo, CEO
- diretor executivohighest-ranking corporate officer
- CEOhighest-ranking corporate officer
Romanian director general, DG
- director generalhighest-ranking corporate officer
- DGhighest-ranking corporate officer
Russian генера́льный дире́ктор, гла́вный исполни́тельный дире́ктор
- генера́льный дире́ктор (generálʹnyj diréktor)highest-ranking corporate officer
- гла́вный исполни́тельный дире́ктор (glávnyj ispolnítelʹnyj diréktor)highest-ranking corporate officer
Slovak výkonný riaditeľ
- výkonný riaditeľhighest-ranking corporate officer
Spanish director ejecutivo, gerente general
- director ejecutivohighest-ranking corporate officer
- gerente generalhighest-ranking corporate officer
- presidente ejecutivohighest-ranking corporate officer
Swedish verkställande direktör
- verkställande direktörhighest-ranking corporate officer
Thai ประธานเจ้าหน้าที่บริหาร
- ประธานเจ้าหน้าที่บริหารhighest-ranking corporate officer
Turkish yönetim kurulu başkanı, icra kurulu başkanı
- yönetim kurulu başkanıhighest-ranking corporate officer
- icra kurulu başkanıhighest-ranking corporate officer
Ukrainian генера́льний дире́ктор, головни́й викона́вчий дире́ктор
- генера́льний дире́ктор (henerálʹnyj dyréktor)highest-ranking corporate officer
- головни́й викона́вчий дире́ктор (holovnýj vykonávčyj dyréktor)highest-ranking corporate officer
Vietnamese giám đốc điều hành
- giám đốc điều hànhhighest-ranking corporate officer
Welsh prif weithredwr
- prif weithredwrhighest-ranking corporate officer
Cite this entry
APA
chief executive officer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chief%20executive%20officer
MLA
“chief executive officer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chief%20executive%20officer. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chief executive officer,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chief%20executive%20officer.
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