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Synonyms for chief
tʃifchief
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
chief
Synonyms:
adversary, antagonist, betrayer, commander, enemy, foe, hinderer, instigator, leader, opponent, opposer, principal, rivalAntonyms:
abetter, abettor, accessory, accomplice, ally, assistant, associate, attendant, coadjutor, colleague, companion, confederate, follower, helper, henchman, participator, partner, retainer
Princeton's WordNet
head, chief, top dognoun
a person who is in charge
"the head of the whole operation"
Synonyms:
tribal chief, heading, promontory, psyche, school principal, honcho, mind, head teacher, nous, question, chieftain, foreman, point, gaffer, top dog, headman, brain, headland, head, header, principal, headspring, foreland, pass, headway, read/write head, drumhead, head word, forefront, capitulum, oral sex, boss, fountainhead, caput, straitsAntonyms:
unimportantforeman, chief, gaffer, honcho, bossnoun
a person who exercises control over workers
"if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"
Synonyms:
hirer, tribal chief, headman, foreman, political boss, antique, boss, gaffer, old geezer, knob, old-timer, honcho, oldtimer, chieftain, head, party boss, top dogAntonyms:
unimportantheadman, tribal chief, chieftain, chiefadjective
the head of a tribe or clan
Synonyms:
headsman, head, honcho, gaffer, top dog, tribal chief, chieftain, foreman, headman, boss, captainAntonyms:
unimportantchief(a), main(a), primary(a), principal(a), master(a)adjective
most important element
"the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch"
Antonyms:
unimportant
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#373 | main | |
#438 | point | |
#592 | question | |
#638 | major | |
#688 | president | |
#692 | head | |
#755 | director | |
#919 | manager | |
#1074 | mind | |
#1243 | primary | |
#1314 | master | |
#1445 | senior | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1793 | chief | |
#1870 | minister | |
#2047 | leader | |
#2106 | administrative | |
#2386 | brain | |
#2719 | chairman | |
#2831 | principal | |
#3642 | sir | |
#3759 | header | |
#3910 | antique | |
#3917 | heads | |
#4088 | captain | |
#4699 | boss | |
#4784 | enemy | |
#5814 | steering | |
#5917 | heading | |
#6145 | commander | |
#6304 | chef | |
#9071 | opponent | |
#9380 | secretariat | |
#11050 | chiefs | |
#11080 | rival | |
#13125 | knob | |
#16315 | nous | |
#18419 | foreman | |
#18597 | forefront | |
#20381 | foe | |
#20617 | straits | |
#24046 | psyche | |
#24833 | adversary | |
#26104 | sarge | |
#27459 | antagonist | |
#40075 | headway | |
#42380 | chieftain | |
#46755 | headland | |
#55742 | promontory | |
#73540 | gaffer | |
#74954 | fountainhead | |
#77060 | jefe | |
#78337 | honcho | |
#79640 | hirer | |
#80055 | instigator | |
#96443 | caput | |
#113809 | headman | |
#114429 | oldtimer | |
#124547 | opposer | |
#130079 | foreland | |
#132577 | betrayer | |
#148370 | drumhead | |
#264407 | capitulum | |
#331893 | hinderer |
How to use chief in a sentence?
If (Gunawan) is inaugurated, Indonesia will have a graft suspect as police chief, a humiliation for the nation, and Widodo will face nationwide protest from the very people who helped him become president.
Let me just say how very, very dismaying and disappointing that the chief law enforcement officer of our country is going off the rails, yesterday and today, he is the attorney general of the United States of America, not the attorney general of Donald Trump.
Do nothing rashly; want of circumspection is the chief cause of failure and disaster. Fortune, wise lover of the wise, selects him for her lord who ere he acts reflects.
She's disqualified from being commander-in-chief.
By circumventing the long established procedure for picking the city's top cop, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has loaded Chief Johnson down with baggage that reeks of backroom deals.
Translations for chief
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- قائد, رئيس, مدير, شيخArabic
- началник, ръководител, вожд, главен, шеф, основенBulgarian
- principal, capCatalan, Valencian
- šéf, náčelník, hlavníCzech
- Boss, Häuptling, Chef, primär, hauptsächlichGerman
- κύριος, αρχηγόςGreek
- jefeSpanish
- pealikEstonian
- مدیر, فرنشینPersian
- chefFrench
- ceannardScottish Gaelic
- principal, xefeGalician
- ard-er, ard-ghooinneyManx
- दार सरHindi
- պետArmenian
- capoItalian
- 長, チーフJapanese
- prīnceps, summumLatin
- rangatira, ariki, poumatua, matua, whakatakaMāori
- chefDutch
- sjefNorwegian
- wódz, szefPolish
- manda-chuva, líder, chefePortuguese
- șef, căpetenieRomanian
- главный, начальник, основной, шеф, руководитель, вождьRussian
- vođa, šef, poglavar, poglavicaSerbo-Croatian
- mataiSamoan
- chifuSwahili
- inhloko, inkosiZulu
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