PRESIDENTIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does presidential mean? 

• PRESIDENTIAL (adjective)
  The adjective PRESIDENTIAL has 2 senses:

1. relating to a president or presidency

2. befitting a president

  Familiarity information: PRESIDENTIAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRESIDENTIAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to a president or presidency

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

presidential veto

Pertainym:

president (the chief executive of a republic)

Derivation:

presidency (the office and function of president)

president (the chief executive of a republic)

President (the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government)

president (an executive officer of a firm or corporation)

president (the head administrative officer of a college or university)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Befitting a president

Context example:

criticized the candidate for not looking presidential

Also:

statesmanlike; statesmanly (marked by the qualities of or befitting a statesman)

Antonym:

unpresidential (not presidential)

 Context examples 

Four new fish species were discovered in the National Copper Reserve and Associates (RENCA), abolished by a presidential decree.

(Report unveils 381 new plant and animal species in Amazon, Agência Brasil)