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Synonyms for chief:


adj. most important, essential

leading
main
preeminent
prime
principal
arch
capital
cardinal
central
champion
first
grand
head
key
major
premier
primary
ruling
star
superior
telling
consequential
controlling
crucial
effective
especial
foremost
highest
momentous
outstanding
paramount
potent
predominant
primal
significant
stellar
supreme
uppermost
vital
weighty

noun person in charge

captain
commander
director
head
leader
manager
ruler
superintendent
supervisor
bigwig
boss
chieftain
dictator
foreperson
general
governor
honcho
monarch
overlord
overseer
principal
proprietor
ringleader
sovereign
suzerain

Examples of uses:

He'll make chief inspector in a year, assistant chief constable in five.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
There I was driving Comrade Beria, chief of the Secret Police, Stalin's head chief man.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
The chief's been replaced. The new chief has it in for us.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
The only chief I'll be socialising with will be the chief of obstetrics.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Herman Kallenbach our chief carpenter, also our chief benefactor.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
He said the section chief was coming in, the section chief w —
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
chief Kinanjui, I have heard that you are a wise chief...
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Every band has a chief. I could have been a chief.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
There was a Cheyenne chief, Black Kettle, a great chief.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Bligh, you are chief on this ship but I am chief on that island.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf

Antonyms for chief:

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