Synonyms for chief
- noun
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Head — the leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group
head, leader, director, boss, manager, captain, superintendent, head man, governor, overseer, comptroller, administrator, champion, controller, organizer, organiser UK, commander dated, cock dated
2. Chieftain
chieftain, tribal chief, sachem US
Adjective
Definitions
- n. 1
The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.
All firefighters report to the fire chief.
- n. 2
Headship, the status of being a chief or leader.
Bob is our troubleshooter in chief.
- n. 3
The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.
- adj. 1
Primary; principal.
Negligence was the chief cause of the disaster.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- chiefs → heads, leaders, directors, bosses…
Example sentences
- director I've been speaking to your director and he agreed.
- manager The manager sat on the bench with his arms folded.
- leader We need a new leader to pull our company together.
- boss Between you and me, he's in trouble with the boss.
- flagship This school is the flagship of the university.
By length
- 4 letters
- high1, head1, main1, boss1, cock1, arch1, gurt
- 5 letters
- first1, great1, major2, grand1, prime1
- 6 letters
- leader2, master2, ruling2, staple2, gaffer, honcho2, sachem
- 7 letters
- general3, manager3, leading2, capital3, captain2, primary3, supreme2, foreman2
- 8 letters
- director3, governor3, champion3, cardinal3, flagship2, foremost2, overseer4, headmost
- 9 letters
- important3, commander3, principal3, sovereign2, paramount3, organizer4, organiser, chieftain2
- 10 letters
- controller3, consummate3
- 11 letters
- comptroller3
- 13 letters
- administrator5
- 14 letters
- superintendent5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (major2 = 2 syllables).