chairman
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
address your remarks to the chairperson
Types & categories
- presiding officer hypernym
- Kalon Tripa hyponym
- vice chairman hyponym
Related & opposite
- chairmanship derivation
- presidentship derivation
- presidency derivation
- moderate derivation
- chair derivation
- preside derivation
Sense 2 verb
act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
She chaired the department for many years
Types & categories
- head hypernym
Related & opposite
- chairman derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | chairmanship |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | presidentship |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | presidency |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | moderate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | chair |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | preside |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | presiding officer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Kalon Tripa |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vice chairman |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | chairman |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | head |