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CEO^¹

noun CEOs · C.E.O. · C. E. O. · ceo

abbreviation, countable, initialism Initialism of chief executive officer CEOs who once made 50 times the average worker’s salary made more than 500 times as much in 2001.
Internet, countable, humorous, uncountable A notional title for a leading partaker in, or advocate of something or someone. Hey. CEO. Of. Racism. Made. You. Some. Lunch. 👊🏾 .😡
UK, abbreviation, countable, initialism Initialism of civil enforcement officer
abbreviation, acronym, countable, uncountable Acronym of current engine option
Philippines, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of city engineering office

verb CEOs · CEOing · CEOed

informal, intransitive To serve as the chief executive officer (CEO) of an organization or company. Daddy-David's answer was CEOing. He'd CEOed at three companies, most recently as head of an electronic sensor manufacturer. “He's completely turned them around in less than a year,” Lise trilled, “and never missed Friday afternoon Bible study.”

ceo^²

noun ceos

countable, uncountable Alternative letter-case form of CEO

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cfo, gdp, vip, cdp, edm, dpm, osc, dli, dgs, fep, gip, adr, erw, director-general, manager, exec

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noun chief executive officer

Español	director / gerente / presidente ejecutivo / general
日本語	CEO (shī-ī-ō)
中文	最高執行官 /最高执行官 zuìgāo zhíxíngguān, 首席執行官 /首席执行官 shǒuxí zhíxíngguān, 執行總裁 /执行总裁 zhíxíng zǒngcái, 總裁 /总裁 zǒngcái
हिन्दी	मुख्य कार्यकारी अधिकारी mukhya kāryakārī adhikārī, मुख्य कार्यकारी अधिकारिणी mukhya kāryakārī adhikāriṇī, मु॰का॰अ॰ mu.kā.a.
Português	CEO, diretor executivo
Français	PDG
Italiano	AD
Română	DG
Русский	генди́р gendír, генера́льный дире́ктор generálʹnyj diréktor
Tiếng Việt	giám đốc điều hành
العربية	الرَّئِيس التَّنْفِيذِيّ ar-raʔīs at-tanfīḏiyy, الرَّئِيسَة التَّنْفِيذِيَّة
עברית	מנכ״ל mankal

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@misc{ceo_2026,
  title = {ceo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ceo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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