ADJECTIVE | all | chief, main, primary, principal, master | most important element |
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NOUN | person | chief, head, top dog | a person who is in charge |
person | chief, foreman, gaffer, honcho, boss | a person who exercises control over workers | |
person | chief, headman, tribal chief, chieftain | the head of a tribe or clan |
Sounds | chiy'f | |
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Rhymes | beef ... thief: 21 rhymes with iyf... |
Meaning | Most important element. | |
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Example | "the chief aim of living" | |
Synonyms | main, primary, principal, master | |
Broader | important, of import | Of great significance / significance or value |
Spanish | primordial, principal | |
Catalan | primordial, principal | |
Adverbs | chiefly | for the most part |
Meaning | A person who is in charge. | |
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Synonyms | head, top dog | |
Narrower | administrator, decision maker | someone who administers a business |
administrator, executive | someone who manages a government ... / government agency or department | |
capo | The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate | |
department head | The head of a department | |
don, father | The head of an organized crime family | |
general, superior general | The head of a religious order or congregation | |
general manager | The highest ranking manager | |
grand dragon | A high ranking person in the Ku Klux Klan | |
head of household | The head of a household or family or tribe | |
secretary | A person who is head of an administrative department of government | |
Broader | leader | A person who rules or guides or inspires others |
Spanish | cabeza, jefe, líder, responsable | |
Catalan | cap, responsable |
Meaning | A person who exercises control over workers. | |
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Synonyms | foreman, gaffer, honcho, boss | |
Narrower | baas | South African term for 'boss' |
ganger | The foreman of a work gang | |
straw boss, assistant foreman | A member of a work gang who supervises the other workers | |
Broader | supervisor | One who supervises or has charge and direction of |
Spanish | capitoste, caporal, gaffer, jefa, jefe, patrona, patrón | |
Catalan | capitost, cap, gaffer, patró, patrona |
Meaning | The head of a tribe or clan. | |
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Synonyms | headman, tribal chief, chieftain | |
Instances | Glendower, Owen Glendower | Welsh chieftain who led a revolt against Henry IV's rule / rule in Wales (1359-1416) |
Rollo, Rolf, Hrolf | Norse / Norse chieftain who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931) | |
Narrower | Indian chief, Indian chieftain | The leader of a group of Native Americans |
pendragon | The supreme war chief of the ancient Britons | |
Broader | leader | A person who rules or guides or inspires others |
Spanish | cacique, jefa, jefe | |
Catalan | cacic, cap |
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