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chief
Synonyms and Antonyms of chief
1
coming before all others in importance
arch, big, capital, cardinal, central, dominant, first, foremost, grand, great, greatest, highest, key, leading, main, master, number one (also No. 1), numero uno, overbearing, overmastering, overriding, paramount, predominant, preeminent, premier, primal, primary, principal, prior, sovereign (also sovran), supreme
2
highest in rank or authority
controlling, directing, managing, officiating, overseeing, regnant, reigning, ruling, supervisory
main, major, paramount, predominant, predominate, sovereign (also sovran)
ascendant (also ascendent), dominant, grand, superior, topmost, upmost, upper, uppermost
in charge
chief
Synonyms and Antonyms of chief
1
the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts
aggregate, amount, entirety, quantum, sum, sum total, total, totality, whole
bottom, essence, essentiality, marrow, meat, nature, pith, quintessence, root, soul, stuff, substance
center, heart, hub, kernel, middle, nucleus, nut, seat
affair, argument, burden, crux, focus, gist, nub, pitch, point, purport
2
the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do
administrator, commander, director, executive, general, governor, hierarch, higher-up
leadman, manager, overseer, principal, skipper, standard-bearer, steward, straw boss, superintendent, superior, supervisor
dominator, lord, overlord, potentate, ruler, sovereign (also sovran)
baron, czar (also tsar), king, magnate, mogul, president, prince
big cheese, big gun, bigwig, top dog, top gun
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