Chief

//t͡ʃiːf//

Synonyms for "chief" (400 found)

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Closest matches (80)

Strong matches (120)

crestcrosscross molinecrowncrowned headcrowningdeandecenerdevicedictatordifferencedifferencingdignitarydirectingdirectivedirectorialdirectorydominantdoyendoyenne
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ducedynasteagleecclesiarcheffectiveelderelectronics kingeminenceemperoremployerermineermineserminiteserminoisescutcheonessentialexordialfalconfessfess pointfieldfilefirstfirst and foremostflagshipflanchfleur-de-lisfloor managerfloormanfloorwalkerfocalforeforegoingforehandforemostforwardfretfrontfrontalfuglemanfuhrerfurfusilgaffergangergarlandgeneralgeniusgoodmangoverninggovernorgrandgrand dukegreatgreatestgriffinguidinggulesgurugyronhatchmenthead manheadingheadmostheavyweighthegemonichegemonistichelmetheraldic devicehierarchhighhigh chiefhigh priesthigher uphigher-uphighesthimselfhonchohonor pointhusbandimpalementimpalingimperatorimportant personin ascendancyin chargein chiefin the ascendantinauguralinescutcheoninitiatoryinspectorkey

Related words (200)

kingking-emperorkingfishkingletkingpinlabellaureateleadleaderleadingleading lightliegeliege lordlionlordlord paramountlozengeluminarymagisterialmaiden
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mainmajestymajormanmanagermanagerialmanagingmantlingmarshalingmartletmasclemastermaster spiritmaximalmaximummeridianmeridionalmetalmomentousmonarchmonitormostmottomulletnombril pointnoncommissioned officernonpareilnotabilitynotablenumber oneoctofoilorordinaryorganizerorleoutstandingoverlordovermanovermostoverridingoverrulingoverseerpadronepalepalyparagonparamountpaterfamiliaspatriarchpatronpeanpersonagepersonalitypetty kingpheonpotentpotentateprecedentprecedingprecessionalprecursorypredominantpredominatepreeminentprefatorypreliminarypreludialprelusivepremierpreparatoryprepollentpreponderantpreponderateprepotentprevailingprevalentprevenientprima donnaprimalprimaryprimeprinceprince consortprincipalpriorproctorprodigyproemialprominentpropaedeuticpurpurequarterquarteringrabbirankingregnantregulatingregulativeregulatoryreigningresponsibleringleaderroseroyalroyal personageroyaltyrulerrulingsablesahibsalientsaltirescutcheonseigneurseigniorseniorshieldsignificantsirdarskipperslave driversovereignspread eaglestaplestarstaretsstellarstraw bosssubforemansubordinarysummitalsupersupereminentsuperintendentsuperiorsupermansuperstarsupervisorsupremesurveyorsuzeraintaskmasterteachertellingtennetetrarchthe greatestthe mosttincturetip toptip-toptoptop dogtopflighttopmosttorsetressureultimateunicornupmostuppermostvairvertverticalvirtuosovisitorweightywreathyalezenithal
Adjective(4 words)
mainmasterprimaryprincipal

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

4 entries

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derived

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distinct from

1 entries

etymologically related_to

4 entries

has context

3 entries

related to

265 entries

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similar

3 entries

Translations

279 translations across 89 languages.

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Albanian

3 entries
  • prijës noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • pringj noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • pringj noun (heraldic term)

Aleut

1 entries
  • tukux̂ noun (leader of group, etc.)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • κεφάλαιος adj (primary; principal)
  • προστάτης noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • ὄρχαμος noun (leader of group, etc.)

Arabic

4 entries
  • رَئِيس noun (head of an organization)
  • شَيْخ noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • شَيْخ noun (head of an organization)
  • قَائِد noun (leader of group, etc.)

Armenian

4 entries
  • առաջնորդ noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • ղեկավար noun (head of an organization)
  • պետ noun (head of an organization)
  • տնօրեն noun (head of an organization)

Bangi

1 entries
  • mokonzi noun (leader of group, etc.)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • важа́к noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • во́дца noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • галава́ noun (head of an organization)
  • гало́ўны noun (leader of group, etc.)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • водач noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • вожд noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • главата́р noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • нача́лник noun (head of an organization)

Catalan

4 entries
  • principal adj (primary; principal)
  • cap noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • cap noun (head of an organization)
  • cap noun (heraldic term)

Central Sierra Miwok

2 entries
  • hajá·po noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • má·jyŋy noun (leader of group, etc.)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ noun (leader of group, etc.)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • mfumu noun (leader of group, etc.)

Chickasaw

1 entries
  • minko' noun (leader of group, etc.)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 長 /长 noun (head of an organization)
  • 頭 /头 noun (head of an organization)
  • 頭子 /头子 noun (leader of group, etc.)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • вождь noun (leader of group, etc.)

Czech

4 entries
  • hlavní adj (primary; principal)
  • hlava štítu noun (heraldic term)
  • náčelník noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • náčelník noun (head of an organization)

Dutch

4 entries
  • directeur noun (head of an organization)
  • directie noun (head of an organization)
  • directrice noun (head of an organization)
  • schildhoofd noun (heraldic term)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • wr:r-A1 noun (leader of group, etc.)

Estonian

1 entries
  • pealik noun (leader of group, etc.)

Finnish

4 entries
  • johtaja noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • johtaja noun (head of an organization)
  • johtaja noun (informal address)
  • lakio noun (heraldic term)

French

3 entries
  • chef noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • chef noun (head of an organization)
  • chef noun (heraldic term)

Friulian

2 entries
  • cjâf noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • dûs noun (leader of group, etc.)

Galician

4 entries
  • principal adj (primary; principal)
  • bren noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • cabedel noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • caporal noun (leader of group, etc.)

German

4 entries
  • hauptsächlich adj (primary; principal)
  • primär adj (primary; principal)
  • Boss noun (head of an organization)
  • Chef noun (head of an organization)

Greek

3 entries
  • κύριος adj (primary; principal)
  • αρχηγός noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • αρχηγός noun (head of an organization)

Hindi

4 entries
  • प्रधान adj (primary; principal)
  • प्रमुख adj (primary; principal)
  • मुख्य adj (primary; principal)
  • श्रेष्ठ adj (primary; principal)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • főnök noun (leader of group, etc.)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • aðal adj (primary; principal)
  • megin adj (primary; principal)
  • foringi noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • foringi noun (head of an organization)

Ido

2 entries
  • chefo noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • chefo noun (head of an organization)

Italian

3 entries
  • capo noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • capo noun (heraldic term)
  • direzione noun (head of an organization)

Japanese

3 entries
  • チーフ noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • 長 noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • 長 noun (head of an organization)

Khmer

1 entries
  • មេ noun (leader of group, etc.)

Kongo

1 entries
  • mfumu noun (leader of group, etc.)

Korean

1 entries
  • 장 noun (leader of group, etc.)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • башчы noun (leader of group, etc.)

Ladino

4 entries
  • el gadol noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • kapo noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • kapu (Monastir) noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • shef noun (leader of group, etc.)

Lakota

4 entries
  • itȟáŋčhaŋ noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • itȟáŋčhaŋ noun (head of an organization)
  • wičháša itȟáŋčhaŋ noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • wičháša itȟáŋčhaŋ noun (head of an organization)

Latin

4 entries
  • potissimus adj (primary; principal)
  • princeps adj (primary; principal)
  • praepositus noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • procer noun (leader of group, etc.)

Lingala

1 entries
  • mokonzi noun (leader of group, etc.)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • водач noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • главатар noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • главешина noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • поглавар noun (leader of group, etc.)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • തലവൻ noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • നേതാവ് noun (leader of group, etc.)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡩᠠ noun (leader of group, etc.)

Mansaka

1 entries
  • dato noun (leader of group, etc.)

Manx

4 entries
  • ard-er noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • ard-er noun (head of an organization)
  • ard-ghooinney noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • ard-ghooinney noun (head of an organization)

Mi'kmaq

2 entries
  • saqama'sgw noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • saqamaw noun (leader of group, etc.)

Munsee

1 entries
  • kíhkay noun (leader of group, etc.)

Mwani

1 entries
  • nfalume noun (leader of group, etc.)

Māori

4 entries
  • matua adj (primary; principal)
  • ariki noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • poumatua noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • rangatira noun (leader of group, etc.)

Nandi

1 entries
  • olaitorio noun (leader of group, etc.)

Navajo

1 entries
  • naatʼáanii noun (leader of group, etc.)

Ngarrindjeri

1 entries
  • rupelli noun (leader of group, etc.)

Norman

2 entries
  • chef noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • chef noun (head of an organization)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • serok noun (leader of group, etc.)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • høvding noun (leader of group, etc.)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • høvding noun (leader of group, etc.)

Occitan

1 entries
  • cap noun (leader of group, etc.)

Ojibwe

2 entries
  • ogimaa noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • ogimaa noun (head of an organization)

Old East Slavic

1 entries
  • вожь noun (leader of group, etc.)

Old Turkic

1 entries
  • 𐰋𐰏 noun (leader of group, etc.)

Ottawa

1 entries
  • gimaa noun (leader of group, etc.)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • رئیس noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • رئیس noun (head of an organization)
  • قوجه noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • قوجه noun (head of an organization)

Pashto

1 entries
  • ملک noun (leader of group, etc.)

Pawnee

2 entries
  • reesaaruʼ noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • riisaaruʼ noun (leader of group, etc.)

Persian

4 entries
  • رئیس noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • سردسته noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • سرگروه noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • سریاک noun (leader of group, etc.)

Polish

4 entries
  • głowica noun (heraldic term)
  • kierownik noun (head of an organization)
  • naczelnik noun (head of an organization)
  • szef noun (head of an organization)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • chefe adj (primary; principal)
  • principal adj (primary; principal)
  • chefe noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • chefe noun (head of an organization)

Rapa Nui

1 entries
  • 'ariki noun (leader of group, etc.)

Romanian

3 entries
  • căpetenie noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • șef noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • șef noun (head of an organization)

Russian

4 entries
  • гла́вный adj (primary; principal)
  • основно́й adj (primary; principal)
  • вождь noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • гла́вный noun (leader of group, etc.)

Samoan

1 entries
  • matai noun (leader of group, etc.)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • प्रधान adj (primary; principal)
  • शिरस् noun (leader of group, etc.)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • ceannard noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • ceannard noun (head of an organization)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • glàvār noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • poglàvār noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • pòglavica noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • vȍđa noun (leader of group, etc.)

Slovak

4 entries
  • náčelník noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • náčelník noun (head of an organization)
  • šéf noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • šéf noun (head of an organization)

Slovene

2 entries
  • glavar noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • načelnik noun (head of an organization)

Spanish

4 entries
  • principal adj (primary; principal)
  • cacique noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • curaca noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • jefe noun (leader of group, etc.)

Swahili

2 entries
  • chifu noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • jumbe noun (leader of group, etc.)

Swedish

4 entries
  • chef noun (head of an organization)
  • chef noun (heraldic term)
  • ginstam noun (heraldic term)
  • hövding noun (leader of group, etc.)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • puno noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • puno noun (head of an organization)

Talysh

2 entries
  • رئیس noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • رییس noun (leader of group, etc.)

Tamil

1 entries
  • தலைவன் noun (leader of group, etc.)

Taos

2 entries
  • tə̀otʼų́nena noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • łòwaʼána noun (leader of group, etc.)

Tocharian B

2 entries
  • tāś noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • tāś noun (head of an organization)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • bigman noun (leader of group, etc.)

Tumbuka

1 entries
  • fumu class 9/6 noun (leader of group, etc.)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • вождь noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • голова́ noun (head of an organization)
  • головни́й noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • керівни́к noun (head of an organization)

Western Apache

1 entries
  • nantʼán noun (leader of group, etc.)

Yiddish

3 entries
  • הויפּט noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • ראָש noun (leader of group, etc.)
  • שעף noun (leader of group, etc.)

Zulu

2 entries
  • inhloko noun (head of an organization)
  • inkosi class 9/6 noun (leader of group, etc.)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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You don't have proper dignity as chief of the section.

Source: tatoeba (16242)

The fact that educated Americans in general no longer share understandable background knowledge is a chief cause of their inability to communicate effectively.

Source: tatoeba (19002)

In 776 B.C., the first Olympic Games were held at the foot of Mount Olympus to honor the Greeks' chief god, Zeus.

Source: tatoeba (20237)

The section chief made me work like a slave.

Source: tatoeba (23659)

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