Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "mayor" can be used as noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

city city hal city hall cityhall new york or office town town hall

Capable Of

govern over town present award

Defined As

chief representative of city head of city highest political office in municipality leader of human settlement

Derived Terms

lady mayor lord mayor mayor's banquet mayor's court mayor's feast mayor's peer mayor-choosing mayor-corn mayor-council mayor-making mayor-town mayoral mayoralty mayordom mayoress mayorhood mayorial mayorlet mayorly mayorsfeud mayorship mayory supermayor weak mayor

Desires

motivated city counselors

Context

historical

Has Property

one kind of politician

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

civil authority civil officer politician

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

lady mayor lord mayor mayoress

Type Of (IsA)

city official civil authority elected official executive in charge of city in politics officer politician position politicians desperately seek

Receives Action

chosen by people in election

Related Terms

chain citizen city city hall city head city leader city magistrate city official council elected elected official elected position england government government officer government rank governor hall head leader magistrate man municipal municipal man municipality officer official person position rank steward top town town council town leader town official town position

Synonym Network

burgomaster mayoress seneschal

Used For

adjuticate disputes administrating city being part of ceremonies confuse issue control police chief council direction govern govern town governing city heading up meeting help lead city council leadership leadership of city leading city making important decisions manage city overseeing city finances represent town run city or town run town running town signing ordinances solve town problems

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