chief
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1.9
- noun
- /tʃif/
- I spoke to the chief about that.
- chief of staff
- police chief
- editor-in-chief
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- So I'm going to make you station chief in Riyadh.
- She said, Chief Rogers, Chief Rogers, do you know where you're at?
- We've never had a woman for chief or a woman in council.
- I asked the the negotiator in chief my opening offer.
- Curtis Lemay is the chief staff of of the Air Force.
- Like, hey, Master Chief, You know what I mean?
- He's a big Mason, the chief super big Mason.
Examples
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Dean had been the chief scientist for SDI.
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Today's guest is Border Patrol Chief Chris Clem.
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Say hi to the chief for me.
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And you know, this detective works for the chief of administration.
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His title changed to Editor in Chief for part of his term.
Academic text (2011) -
Send a message to the police chief of Gary, Indiana.
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Les is the ground crew chief, and he checked it out, and it's okay.
Fiction book (1990) -
I'd like to speak to the Silver Creek Chief of Police or the Sheriff.
Fiction book (1990) -
Eventually, Kennedy made Feinberg his chief of staff, which lasted two years.
Academic text (2011) -
The fire chief made an announcement regarding the new safety protocols.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A person in charge of a group or workers
∞
1.0
A person who guides and directs a group, organization, or country
∞
3.6
A person in charge of a group who gives orders and leads them
∞
2.2
A person who is in charge of a group or organization
761
3.5
A person who leads a company and makes its big decisions
591
2.5
A person who leads meetings of an organization or committee
54
4.6
The senior military officer who leads a country's armed forces
40
3.6
A person who leads a company and makes its main decisions
26
4.6
A person with the most power in a group
18
8.9
A person in charge of a team or project
17
7.9
A person who leads a group like a tribe or clan
9
6.3
A person who is in charge of a company or group
2
8.4
A person who is the most important leader in a group or organization
Antonyms
Compounds
287
5.2
A senior military officer who leads a branch and manages its operations and administration
- Literature
78
4.4
A person who leads a newspaper or magazine and decides what goes in it
21
3.4
A senior manager who looks after a company's money, makes budgets, and prepares financial reports
- Formal
20
4.9
A senior manager who runs a company's daily work and reports to the chief executive officer
7
3.6
A senior doctor who leads the hospital doctors and makes sure medical care is safe
6
7.3
An important government official in charge of a department who coordinates other departments
2
7.0
A senior police officer who leads the police in a county, especially in the United Kingdom
- Formal
2
5.5
An official title for the US President as the leader who runs the government
- Specialized
1
6.3
A high-ranking sailor in the US Navy or Coast Guard who leads and trains other sailors
1
6.7
A person who leads an Arab village, tribe, or family and has power in the community
A small animal like a rabbit that lives in rocky mountain areas in North America
How Senior
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chief comes from the old Latin word caput, which means 'head', and you can see the same idea in English words like captain and capital. So a chief is literally the 'head' of a group, the leader.