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chiefadjective coming before all others in importanceour chief priority this year will be cutting the budget 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 distinguished, eminent, illustrious, noble, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, prestigious, signal, star, stellar, superiorhigh-level, senior, topimportant, influential, major, mighty, momentous, significantincomparable, matchless, unequaled(or unequalled), unparalleled, unsurpassedcelebrated, famed, famous, renowned last, least inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, minor, negligible, slight, trifling, trivial, unimportantcollateral, inferior, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary highest in rank or authoritythe chief administrator will be retiring soon commanding, first, foremost, head, high, lead, leading, preeminent, premier, presiding, primary, prime, principal, supereminent, supreme, top high-level, seniorcontrolling, directing, managing, officiating, overseeing, regnant, reigning, ruling, supervisorymain, major, paramount, predominant, predominate, sovereign(also sovran)ascendant(also ascendent), dominant, grand, superior, topmost, upmost, upper, uppermost in charge ancillary, inferior, last, less, lesser, lower, lowly, second, secondary, subordinate, subsidiaryassistant, assisting, coadjutor, deputy, junior, under chiefnounthe main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate partsthe chief of the estate was left to the eldest son body, brunt, bulk, core, generality, heft(archaic), main, mass, staple, weight majorityaggregate, amount, entirety, quantum, sum, sum total, total, totality, wholebottom, essence, essentiality, marrow, meat, nature, pith, quintessence, root, soul, stuff, substancecenter, heart, hub, kernel, middle, nucleus, nut, seataffair, argument, burden, crux, focus, gist, nub, pitch, point, purportmatter, motif, subject, text, theme, topic accessory(also accessary), adjunct, appendage, extension, offshootcomponent, constituent, element, ingredientdivision, part, piece, section, segmentangle, aspect, facet, feature, quality, side the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to doour chief is out on a business trip right now boss, boss man, captain, foreman, head, headman, helmsman, honcho, jefe, kingpin, leader, master, taskmaster directress, mistressadministrator, commander, director, executive, general, governor, hierarch, higher-upleadman, manager, overseer, principal, skipper, standard-bearer, steward, straw boss, superintendent, superior, supervisordominator, lord, overlord, potentate, ruler, sovereign(also sovran)figureheadslave driverbaron, czar(also tsar or tzar), king, magnate, mogul, president, princebig cheese, big gun, bigwig, top dog, top guncohead, coleaderemployer, gaffer(British), ganger(British)micromanagersubchief, subdirector dependent, inferior, junior, secondary, subject, subordinate, underling in the 14th century |