Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "chairman" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

meeting

Capable Of

chair conference chair meeting force issue head meeting man or woman meet cabinet note absentees

Coordinate Terms

chairwoman

Derived Terms

barangay chairman chairmanager chairmaness chairmanlike chairmanly chairmanship cochairman subchairman vice chairman vice-chairman

Derived From

chair

Context

historical

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

adult male chair chairperson head lead man president presider presiding officer

Type Of (IsA)

chair chairperson head of government head of state presiding

Related Terms

board of directors carry chair corporate government sedan chair

Similar Terms

chairwoman

Synonym Network

chair president

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.