Synonyms of chiefs

chiefs

noun

plural of chief

1

as in bodies

the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts

the chief of the estate was left to the eldest son

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bodies
• weights
• cores
• masses
• staples
• majorities
• bulks
• mains
• roots
• generalities
• hearts
• bottoms
• essences
• burdens
• centers
• substances
• brunts
• wholes
• matters
• natures
• subjects
• meats
• sums
• foci
• entireties
• souls
• amounts
• kernels
• focuses
• hubs
• totals
• affairs
• seats
• hefts
• nuclei
• marrows
• middles
• aggregates
• topics
• stuff
• themes
• texts
• sum totals
• nuts
• quanta
• motifs
• arguments
• pitches
• totalities
• piths
• essentialities
• gists
• nucleuses
• cruces
• points
• nubs
• quintessences
• purports
• cruxes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• elements
• accessories
• extensions
• components
• parts
• constituents
• ingredients
• appendages
• sections
• divisions
• offshoots
• pieces
• accessaries
• adjuncts
• segments
• sides
• features
• qualities
• aspects
• angles
• facets

2

as in leaders

the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do

our chief is out on a business trip right now

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leaders
• bosses
• foremen
• captains
• masters
• commanders
• managers
• directors
• lords
• heads
• headmen
• administrators
• supervisors
• superintendents
• overseers
• executives
• honchos
• jefes
• helmsmen
• kingpins
• presidents
• governors
• taskmasters
• generals
• boss men
• principals
• rulers
• kings
• stewards
• superiors
• magnates
• princes
• overlords
• mistresses
• sovereigns
• barons
• skippers
• potentates
• employers
• higher-ups
• hierarchs
• bigwigs
• leadmen
• czars
• directresses
• standard-bearers
• figureheads
• tsars
• dominators
• straw bosses
• moguls
• tzars
• big guns
• sub-chiefs
• top guns
• coleaders
• big cheeses
• top dogs
• sovrans
• micromanagers
• subchiefs
• gangers
• co-leaders
• gaffers
• coheads
• subdirectors
• co-heads
• sub-directors

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• subordinates
• subjects
• dependents
• juniors
• secondaries
• underlings
• inferiors