Meanings
editor-in-chief1
plural editors-in-chief · alternative editor in chief
- The highest-ranking editor on an editorial staff.
“He accused us of slandering him, presumably by implying he was a hipster, and of using the pic without his permission,” Gideon Lichfield, the Review’s editor-in-chief, explained Tuesday on Twitter.
2019 March 8, Elyse Wanshel, “He Was Mad His Photo Was Used To Show All Hipsters Look Alike, But It Wasn't Him”, in HuffPost1 more example
Maria Ressa, the chief executive and cofounder of Rappler, and Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, were named as this year’s laureates by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee.
2021 October 8, Jon Henley and Rebecca Ratcliffe, “Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win Nobel peace prize”, in The GuardianSynonyms: chief editor, EIC, executive editor
Editor-in-Chief2
plural Editors-in-Chief
- An honorific for the editor-in-chief of a publication.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe highest-ranking editor on an editorial staff.
Translations
Bulgarian гла́вен реда́ктор
- гла́вен реда́ктор (gláven redáktor)highest-ranking editor
Chinese Mandarin 主編 /主编
- 主編 /主编 (zhǔbiān)highest-ranking editor
Czech šéfredaktor, šéfredaktorka
- šéfredaktorhighest-ranking editor
- šéfredaktorkahighest-ranking editor
Danish chefredaktør
- chefredaktørhighest-ranking editor
Dutch hoofdredacteur, eindredacteur
- hoofdredacteurhighest-ranking editor
- eindredacteurhighest-ranking editor
Esperanto ĉefredaktoro
- ĉefredaktorohighest-ranking editor
Estonian peatoimetaja
- peatoimetajahighest-ranking editor
Finnish päätoimittaja
- päätoimittajahighest-ranking editor
French rédacteur en chef, rédactrice en chef
- rédacteur en chefhighest-ranking editor
- rédactrice en chefhighest-ranking editor
German Chefredakteur, Chefredakteurin
- Chefredakteurhighest-ranking editor
- Chefredakteurinhighest-ranking editor
Greek αρχισυντάκτης
- αρχισυντάκτης (archisyntáktis)highest-ranking editor
Hindi चीफ़ एडीटर
- चीफ़ एडीटर (cīf eḍīṭar)highest-ranking editor
Hungarian főszerkesztő
- főszerkesztőhighest-ranking editor
Icelandic aðalritstjóri
- aðalritstjórihighest-ranking editor
Italian caporedattore, caporedattrice
- caporedattorehighest-ranking editor
- caporedattricehighest-ranking editor
Japanese 編集長, 主筆
- 編集長 (henshūchō)highest-ranking editor
- 主筆 (shuhitsu)highest-ranking editor
Korean 편집장
- 편집장 (pyeonjipjang)highest-ranking editor
Norwegian sjefredaktør
- sjefredaktørhighest-ranking editor
Norwegian Bokmål sjefredaktør
- sjefredaktørhighest-ranking editor
Persian سرویراستار
- سرویراستار (sarvirâstâr)highest-ranking editor
Polish redaktor naczelny
- redaktor naczelnyhighest-ranking editor
Romanian redactor-șef
- redactor-șefhighest-ranking editor
Russian гла́вный реда́ктор, главре́д
- гла́вный реда́ктор (glávnyj redáktor)highest-ranking editor
- главре́д (glavréd)highest-ranking editor
Slovak šéfredaktor, šéfredaktorka
- šéfredaktorhighest-ranking editor
- šéfredaktorkahighest-ranking editor
Spanish jefe de redacción, redactor jefe
- jefe de redacciónhighest-ranking editor
- redactor jefehighest-ranking editor
Swedish chefredaktör, redaktionschef
- chefredaktörhighest-ranking editor
- redaktionschefhighest-ranking editor
- huvudredaktörhighest-ranking editor
Tagalog punong patnugot
- punong patnugothighest-ranking editor
Ukrainian головни́й реда́ктор, головна́ реда́кторка
- головни́й реда́ктор (holovnýj redáktor)highest-ranking editor
- головна́ реда́кторка (holovná redáktorka)highest-ranking editor
Vietnamese tổng biên tập, chủ bút
- tổng biên tậphighest-ranking editor
- chủ búthighest-ranking editor
Cite this entry
editor-in-chief. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/editor-in-chief
“editor-in-chief.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/editor-in-chief. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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