head of state

Noun

Meaning

the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

chief of state king president emperor prince queen chancellor princess empress premier governor general governor ruler leader chief

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Antonyms

letter inferior servant subordinate peasant nobody

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Hypernyms

representative

Hyponyms

president chancellor premier monarch sovereign prime minister

Examples

I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night's sleep. Harold Wilson

I'm a '60s troubadour, a folk-rock relic, a wordsmith from bygone days, a fictitious head of state from a place nobody knows. I'm in the bottomless pit of cultural oblivion. Bob Dylan

Arrogance, ignorance, and incompetence. Not a pretty cocktail of personality traits in the best of situations. No sirree. Not a pretty cocktail in an office-mate and not a pretty cocktail in a head of state. In fact, in a leader, it's a lethal cocktail. Graydon Carter

I've never seen the poor people being so familiar with their head of state as they were with her. It was a beautiful lesson for me. Mother Teresa

I'm so patriotic, I think every British kid should have a chance to grow up to be our head of state. Johann Hari

This new Head of State must know that we seek only peace, understanding and co-operation. Fabian Picardo

Close letter words and terms

head of personnel head of police head of staff head of steam head of the agenda head of the bank