chairman
nounHow many syllables in chairman?
There are 2 syllables in the word chairman.How to pronounce chairman:
Definition of chairman:
- chairman (noun):
- a person and especially a man who serves as chairperson
- the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization.
- a person who is in charge of a company's board of directors or a meeting
Synonyms for chairman:
chair
chairperson
chairwoman
chief
director
executive
kalon tripa
moderator
president
presider
speaker
vice chairman
Antonyms for chairman:
apostle
apprentice
bootlicker
commoner
disciple
employee
follower
interest
lackey
member
minion
participant
protege
pupil
servant
sidekick
subject
subordinate
supporter
underling
vassal
worker
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- shady
- gentle
- connive
- Chinese
- unlock
- settee
- mastered
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- llama
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- checked
- slimy
- queef
- Holly
- glaucous
- cherry
- border
- barn dance
- wizard
- whip stall
- oven
- convince
- thickness
- function
- within
- Ryan
- jeer
- fathead
- tantrum
- substance
- ruby
- margin
- Alysia
- hurdle
- balloon
- hasty
- dormant
- arcane
- allude
- stanza
- dryness
- dik-dik
- become
- approach
- skirmish
- lowe
- debug
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