co-chair
noun[C]
(alsocochair)uk/ˈkəʊˌtʃeər/us/ˌkoʊˈtʃer/apersoninchargeof ameeting,officialgroup, ororganizationtogether with one or more otherpeople:
Previously, she was co-chairoftheinvestmentpolicycommittee.
Heservedas a co-chairforthepresidentialelectioncampaign.
- He's among threenationalco-chairs of thecouncil.
- They are co-founders and co-chairs of thecharitablefoundation.
- Moyaservedon thecommunityboardas a cochair.
People in charge of or controlling other people
- acephalous
- administrator
- anti-management
- authority
- bureaucrat
- controller
- council
- counter-power
- dean
- deputy
- management
- manipulator
- mistress
- movers and shakers
- too many chiefs and not enough Indiansidiom
- top dog
- troika
- tsar
- vice president
- yourlord and masteridiom
See also
co-chairman
co-chairwoman
co-chairperson
co-chair
verb[T]
(alsocochair)uk/ˌkəʊˈtʃeər/us/ˌkoʊˈtʃer/to be one of two or morepeopleinchargeof ameeting,officialgroup, ororganization:
She co-chairs apanelreviewingchildcarein thestate.
- She co-chaired ajointlegislativecommitteeontraumacare.
- He willattendameetingco-chaired by theassociationof SoutheastAsiannations.
- Twocongressmenwill cochair the bi-lateraltalks.
Controlling and being in charge
- aggrandize
- assume
- assumption
- authoritative
- authoritatively
- commanding
- dictate
- harness
- have (got)someoneby the short and curliesidiom
- havesomeoneby the ballsidiom
- havesomeoneeating out ofyourhandidiom
- have/hold the whip handidiom
- helm
- override
- police
- policing
- possess
- power play
- predominate
- skipper
Compare
chairverb