Definitions

editor in chief

NOUN

person in charge of the editorial staff

Synonyms

WEAK

editorial director executive editor managing editor senior editor

Example Sentences

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Frankel says dozens of women tried out to play Emily, the haughty first assistant to Streep’s icy editor in chief.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

She got a jolt of confidence from Christene Barberich, a co-founder and former editor in chief at Refinery29.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

The hard part wasn’t deciding whether it belonged in a journal that I oversee as editor in chief.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

Miranda is a riff on Vogue’s former editor in chief Anna Wintour, who used to be irritated by her caricature but eventually came around.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

And despite his own paper’s editorial, not even the editor in chief of the Chicago Tribune, Horace White, smelled a good story in the smoke that was blowing into his neighborhood.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy