vice presidency
Runner-up executive role
The vice presidency is the office or position of vice president—second in command to the president of an organization, corporation, or government.
In the United States, the vice presidency is one heartbeat away from the presidency, as the vice president assumes power if the president dies, resigns, or is removed: She served two terms in the vice presidency before running for president herself.
Immediate subordinate to leader
- understudyBackup actor, ready nightly
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- running mateVice presidential nominee
- partnerOne who shares activity
lieutenant · subordinate · shadow · stand-in · proxy · placeholder · supporting role · secondary
Organized effort toward goal
- ticketEntry permit slip
- running mateVice presidential nominee
- nomineeOne proposed for position
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
debates · selection · vetting · balance · swing state · platform · endorsement · electorate
Unassailable next in line
- continuityUninterrupted progression or coherence
- ascensionMovement to higher position
- swearing-inOfficial oath-taking ceremony
- oathFormal binding promise
inauguration · successor · predecessor · next in line · contingency · vacancy · incapacity · removal
Organizational oversight and control
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- policyAdopted principle of action
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
authority · bureaucracy · protocol · agenda · legislation · executive branch · White House · Oval Office
Contest settling stalemate
- presiding officerOne who leads meetings
- state funeralOfficial ceremony honoring deceased leader
- ribbon cuttingCeremonial business launch event
- dignitaryPerson of high rank
delegation · representation · goodwill tour · ambassador · envoy · ceremonial duties · public appearance · commencement speech
Revolutionary-era American statesmen
- John AdamsSecond American chief executive
- Thomas JeffersonThird American president
- Aaron BurrDeadly duelist, once VP
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
second-in-command
Immediate subordinate to leader
- understudyBackup actor, ready nightly
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- running mateVice presidential nominee
partner · lieutenant · subordinate · shadow · stand-in · proxy · placeholder · supporting role · secondary · assistant
campaign
Organized effort toward goal
- ticketEntry permit slip
- running mateVice presidential nominee
- nomineeOne proposed for position
convention · debates · selection · vetting · balance · swing state · platform · endorsement · electorate · primaries
heir apparent
Unassailable next in line
- continuityUninterrupted progression or coherence
- ascensionMovement to higher position
- swearing-inOfficial oath-taking ceremony
oath · inauguration · successor · predecessor · next in line · contingency · vacancy · incapacity · removal · death
administration
Organizational oversight and control
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- policyAdopted principle of action
oversight · authority · bureaucracy · protocol · agenda · legislation · executive branch · White House · Oval Office · West Wing
tie-breaker
Contest settling stalemate
- presiding officerOne who leads meetings
- state funeralOfficial ceremony honoring deceased leader
- ribbon cuttingCeremonial business launch event
dignitary · delegation · representation · goodwill tour · ambassador · envoy · ceremonial duties · public appearance · commencement speech
Founding Fathers
Revolutionary-era American statesmen
- John AdamsSecond American chief executive
- Thomas JeffersonThird American president
- Aaron BurrDeadly duelist, once VP
- Calvin CoolidgeCalvin Coolidge, Warren Harding, Herbert Hoover, Kellogg-Briand Pact, press conferences
- successionheir apparent, heir presumptive, line of succession, primogeniture, successor
- biographiesbiography, biographies, autobiography, autobiographies, memoir
- US Governmentexecutive branch, legislative branch, judicial branch, Congress, House
- 1898 AmericaSpanish-American War, USS Maine, McKinley, Rough Riders, Cuba
vice presidencypresidency
Chief executive's office
chief executive · head of state · supreme command · commander in chief · chief executive officer
vice presidencypresidency
Chief executive's office
center stage · leading role · top billing · main attraction · headliner
president, vice, vices, presidency, presidents, viceroy, vice president, viceroyalty, viceregal