Armrest for vehicle

A vehicle armrest that also serves as a lid for a storage section in a vehicle center console box, the vehicle armrest comprising:

• an opening/closing body that opens and closes an upper side of the storage section, a switch knob for opening the opening/closing body, and an operation transmission mechanism for opening the opening/closing body in conjunction with an operation of the switch knob;
• the opening/closing body including an inner base portion rotatably connected to a main box body, and an outer lid portion movably connected to the base portion to move forward and rearward in a front-rear direction;
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• the switch knob being disposed in a fixed position to the main box body that is farther forward than a front end of the opening/closing body when the lid portion has been moved to a forwardmost position.