Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun chairman

1 sense of chairman

Sense 1
president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairperson -- (the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson")
       => presiding officer -- (the leader of a group meeting)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb chairman

1 sense of chairman

Sense 1
chair, chairman -- (act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; "She chaired the department for many years")
       => head, lead -- (be in charge of; "Who is heading this project?")