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adj big-time (informal) capital, cardinal, central, especial, essential, foremost, grand, highest, key, leading, main, major league (informal) most important, outstanding, paramount, predominant, pre-eminent, premier, prevailing, primary, prime, principal, superior, supreme, uppermost, vital
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n boss (informal) captain, chieftain, commander, director, governor, head, leader, lord, manager, master, principal, ringleader, ruler, superintendent, superior, suzerain, torchbearer
Antonyms
, adj least, minor, subordinate, subsidiary
n follower, subject, subordinate
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chief
( chiefs plural )
1 n-count The chief of an organization is the person who is in charge of it.
with supp
…a commission appointed by the police chief., …Putin’s chief of security.
2 n-count; n-title The chief of a tribe is its leader.
…Sitting Bull, chief of the Sioux tribes of the Great Plains.
3 adj Chief is used in the job titles of the most senior worker or workers of a particular kind in an organization.
ADJ n
(=head)
…the chief test pilot.
4 adj The chief cause, part, or member of something is the most important one.
ADJ n
(=main, principal)
Financial stress is well established as a chief reason for divorce…, The job went to one of his chief rivals.
Chief Constable ( Chief Constables plural ) A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain. n-count; n-title
chief executive officer ( chief executive officers plural ) The chief executive officer of a company is the person who has overall responsibility for the management of that company. The abbreviation CEO is often used. (BUSINESS) n-count
Chief Justice ( Chief Justices plural ) A Chief Justice is the most important judge of a court of law, especially a supreme court. n-count; n-title
Chief of Staff ( Chiefs of Staff plural ) The Chiefs of Staff are the highest-ranking officers of each service of the armed forces. n-count
commander-in-chief ( commanders-in-chief plural ) A commander-in-chief is an officer in charge of all the forces in a particular area. n-count; n-title
He was to be the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
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chief
Synonyms:
adversary, antagonist, betrayer, commander, enemy, foe, hinderer, instigator, leader, opponent, opposer, principal, rivalAntonyms:
abetter, abettor, accessory, accomplice, ally, assistant, associate, attendant, coadjutor, colleague, companion, confederate, follower, helper, henchman, participator, partner, retainer
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head, chief, top dognoun
a person who is in charge
«the head of the whole operation»
Synonyms:
tribal chief, heading, promontory, psyche, school principal, honcho, mind, head teacher, nous, question, chieftain, foreman, point, gaffer, top dog, headman, brain, headland, head, header, principal, headspring, foreland, pass, headway, read/write head, drumhead, head word, forefront, capitulum, oral sex, boss, fountainhead, caput, straitsAntonyms:
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foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, bossnoun
a person who exercises control over workers
«if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman»
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hirer, tribal chief, headman, foreman, political boss, antique, boss, gaffer, old geezer, knob, old-timer, honcho, oldtimer, chieftain, head, party boss, top dogAntonyms:
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headman, tribal chief, chieftain, chiefadjective
the head of a tribe or clan
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headsman, head, honcho, gaffer, top dog, tribal chief, chieftain, foreman, headman, boss, captainAntonyms:
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chief(a), main(a), primary(a), principal(a), master(a)adjective
most important element
«the chief aim of living»; «the main doors were of solid glass»; «the principal rivers of America»; «the principal example»; «policemen were primary targets»; «the master bedroom»; «a master switch»
Antonyms:
unimportant
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chiefnoun
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leader, head, corypheus, principal person
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chiefnoun
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head, leader, commander, chieftain, captain
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List of paraphrases for «chief»:
head, leader, chef, director, boss, main, commander, principal, administrative, heads, jefe, minister, chairman, manager, sir, senior, steering, director-general, primary, jefa, chiefs, master, major, president, sarge, secretariat
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Brian Katulis:
This letter is signed by those who remain in the internationalist wing of the party – many were former advisors to candidates who lost the primary fight to Donald Trump, calling Trump unqualified to be commander in chief is tough, but also asserting that Donald Trump’s lacking in character and understanding of our basic values is really pretty amazing.
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Bharavi:
Do nothing rashly; want of circumspection is the chief cause of failure and disaster. Fortune, wise lover of the wise, selects him for her lord who ere he acts reflects.
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Jane Kim:
Many are calling for the chief to be fired at once, i believe we could actually do worse than Chief Suhr, which is why we must begin this process at once so we can make sure the next chief can lead our department, reform it and do so in a way that rebuilds the community trust so vital to public safety.
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Abu Sahman:
We were about one km from the main gate of Es Sider oil port but we had to withdraw about two kilometers after Haftar’s warplanes carried out air strikes which killed two of our members and wounded three, the clashes are sporadic at the moment and we are waiting for supplies from the general chief of staff.
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Larry Cunningham:
He should absolutely not stay in office and should step down, the report details a widespread pattern and practice of abuse and discrimination and dysfunction. Because it is widespread and systemic throughout the entire police department, the buck stops at the top — the person in charge — and that’s the chief.
Translations for chief
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- قائد, رئيس, مدير, شيخArabic
- началник, ръководител, вожд, главен, шеф, основенBulgarian
- principal, capCatalan, Valencian
- šéf, náčelník, hlavníCzech
- Boss, Häuptling, Chef, primär, hauptsächlichGerman
- κύριος, αρχηγόςGreek
- jefeSpanish
- pealikEstonian
- مدیر, فرنشینPersian
- chefFrench
- ceannardScottish Gaelic
- principal, xefeGalician
- ard-er, ard-ghooinneyManx
- दार सरHindi
- պետArmenian
- capoItalian
- 長, チーフJapanese
- prīnceps, summumLatin
- rangatira, ariki, poumatua, matua, whakatakaMāori
- chefDutch
- sjefNorwegian
- wódz, szefPolish
- manda-chuva, líder, chefePortuguese
- șef, căpetenieRomanian
- главный, начальник, основной, шеф, руководитель, вождьRussian
- vođa, šef, poglavar, poglavicaSerbo-Croatian
- mataiSamoan
- chifuSwahili
- inhloko, inkosiZulu
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Варианты (v1)
Варианты (v2)
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chief [ʧiːf] сущ
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начальникм, глава, руководительм, шефм, директорм, начальствоср, начальницаж
(head, boss, director)
- chief of section – начальник секции
- chief of mission – глава дипломатической миссии
- brigade chief – руководитель бригады
- fire chief – шеф пожарных
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вождьм
(leader)
- tribal chief – вождь племени
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Чифм
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chief [ʧiːf] прил
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главный, основной, старший, главнейший
(main, senior)
- chief operating officer – главный операционный директор
- deputy chief engineer – заместитель главного инженера
- chief military prosecutor – главный военный прокурор
- chief editorial board – главная редакция
- chief executive body – главный исполнительный орган
- former chief rabbi – бывший главный раввин
- chief software architect – главный архитектор
- chief legal adviser – главный юридический советник
- chief source – основной источник
- chief steward – старший стюард
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chief [ʧiːf] прич
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ведущий
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заведующий
(head)
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начальствующий
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adjective | ||
главный | main, major, chief, principal, primary, head | |
основной | main, basic, base, primary, key, chief | |
заведующий | chief | |
руководящий | governing, leading, guiding, managing, chief, hegemonic | |
важнейший | paramount, primary, prime, cardinal, chief, capital | |
noun | ||
начальник | chief, head, superior, supervisor, director, commander | |
глава | chapter, head, section, chief, leader, principal | |
руководитель | head, leader, manager, director, supervisor, chief | |
шеф | chief, boss, honcho, patron, old man | |
вождь | leader, chief, chieftain, head, headman, dux | |
заведующий | manager, chief, superintendent, governor | |
лидер | leader, chief, pacemaker, pacesetter, pacer |
Синонимы (v1)
Синонимы (v2)
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chief сущ
- head · leader · boss · chieftain · foreman · director · manager · superintendent
- principal · main · primary · master · top · key · central · major
- senior · elder
- captain · commander
- leading
- supreme · superior
- prime · premier
- commanding
noun
- leader, chieftain, grand chief, sachem, sagamore, head, headman, ruler, overlord, master, commander, authority figure, seigneur, liege lord, liege, potentate, cacique
- head, principal, chief executive, chief executive officer, CEO, president, chair, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson, governor, director, manager, employer, proprietor, big cheese, big shot, bigwig, skipper, numero uno, honcho, head honcho, boss, padrone
- head, top dog
- boss, foreman, gaffer, honcho
- headman, chieftain, tribal chief
adjective
- head, leading, principal, premier, highest, foremost, supreme, arch
- main, principal, most important, primary, prime, first, cardinal, central, key, crucial, essential, predominant, preeminent, paramount, overriding, number-one
- master, primary, principal, main
Предложения со словом «chief»
But for our purposes, chief among them was training yourself to separate what you can control from what you cannot control, and then doing exercises to focus exclusively on the former. |
Для наших целей главным из них было научение себя отличать то, что можешь контролировать, о того, что не в твоей власти, а затем сосредотачиваться исключительно на первом. |
All we have to do is swallow our pride — put aside the thought for a minute that because we have lots of letters after our name, because we’re experts, because we’re chief medical officers of a large healthcare system, we know all there is to know about how to meet patients’ needs. |
Всё, что нам нужно, — усмирить свою гордыню, оставить на минуту мысль, что, только потому что у нас столько регалий, потому что мы эксперты, потому что мы ведущие медработники огромной системы здравоохранения, мы знаем абсолютно всё о том, как удовлетворить потребности пациентов. |
The feelings that people today have of alienation and loneliness and not finding their place in the world, I would think that the chief problem is not global capitalism. |
Те чувства одиночества и разобщения, которые люди испытывают сегодня, не находя своего места в этом мире, я не относил бы их к главным проблемам глобального капитализма. |
The chief problem is that over the last hundred years, people have been becoming disembodied, have been distancing themselves from their body. |
Главная проблема в том, что вот уже более ста лет тело воспринимается как нечто отдельное, люди всё больше разобщаются с собственным телом. |
Or this one from Sierra Leone, about a local chief who curbed the spread of Ebola by self-organizing a quarantine in his district. |
Или вот эта, из Сьерра Леоне, о местном руководителе, сдержавшем распространение вируса Эболы с помощью карантина в его округе. |
And I did that alone, and I published it alone, because my chief advisor said, Please don’t. |
Я сама их написала и напечатала, так как мой директор сказал: Пожалуйста, не надо. |
So we have many ongoing tendencies right now, and I think one of the chief among them is this tendency to make things smarter and smarter. |
Существует множество развивающихся прямо сейчас тенденций, я думаю, самая главная среди них — тенденция делать вещи умнее и умнее. |
We can’t do that without the deputy police chief . |
Мы не можем добиться этого без заместителя начальника полиции. |
That’s pretty generous, pretty unlike Deputy Chief Costello. |
Это очень щедро, совсем непохоже на замначальника Костелло. |
Chief investigator of the clinical trial agreed |
Главный исследователь согласованного клинического испытания |
The Assistant Chief Constable trusts me to be impartial. |
Помощник главного констебля полагается на мою объективность |
Chief Inspector Nelson wants to see you in his office. |
Старший инспектор Нельсон хочет тебя видеть у себя в кабинете. |
White House Chief of Staff Hayden Sinclair, General. |
Начальник отдела кадров Белого Дома Хейден Синклер, генерал. |
Cruz never officially put his name in for section chief . |
Официально Крус не выдвигал свою кандидатуру на должность начальника отдела. |
Harvey Brinkman, chief of security for the development. |
Харви Бринкман, начальник службы безопасности |
You’ll be going to Amman as acting station chief . |
Ты поедешь в Амман как временно замещающий главу военной базы. |
Greenberg recognized the chief of the bureau of system liaison. |
На засветившемся экранчике Гринберг узнал шефа бюро систем связи. |
Bernie Michaels, the Chief of Robbery and Homicide |
Берни Майклс, шеф отдела по расследованию разбоя и убийств |
Allow me to introduce Odo, my Chief of Security. |
Позвольте мне представить Одо, моего шефа службы безопасности. |
The chief wants you in his office in 30 minutes. |
Шеф хочет видеть вас в офисе через 30 минут. |
A chief , the leader of new parties and revolutions? |
Лидера, вождя, предводителя новых партий и революций? |
The chief and shaman accepted his invitation to dine. |
Вождь и шаман охотно согласились разделить с ним трапезу. |
Perhaps your chief knows Chief Polyphony of the Gavotte tribe. |
Возможно твой вождь знает вождя Многозвучие из племени Гавотт. |
You can still get the Chief Surgeon at Johns Hopkins. |
Ты ещё можешь стать главным хирургом в университете Джона Хопкинса. |
Except we have a deposition from the chief surgeon |
Вот только у нас есть заключение главного хирурга Каннагарской больницы. |
These patients will be your chief responsibility from now on. |
Эти пациенты будут вашей основной обязанностью с этого момента. |
In another life you’d have been my chief inspector. |
В другой жизни ты был бы моим старшим инспектором. |
Chief Custodian Bob Waite, Buzz Hickey, Annie Edison. |
Главный смотритель Боб Уэйт, Базз Хикки, Энни Эдисон. |
Dinner is the chief and most substantial meal. |
Обед — главный и самый существенный прием пищи . |
And what did your esteemed chief want so urgently? |
И что же твой уважаемый начальник захотел так срочно? |
The Chief is guilty of attempted murder |
Сиречь староста виновен в покушении на жизнь |
But in great many English homes the midday meal is the chief one of the day, and in the evening they only have light meal, for example, bread and cheese and a cup of coffee or cocoa and fruit. |
Но в очень многих домах обед является главным , а вечером у них только легкие блюда, например, хлеб и сыр, чашка кофе или какао и фрукты. |
The city of London today is the financial powerhouse of the country and one of the chief commercial centers of the western world. |
Город Лондон сегодня является финансовым центром страны и одним из главных торговых центров западного мира. |
For several years he has worked as a chief executive of Microsoft, but later he became a chairman of the company. |
В течение нескольких лет он работал в качестве исполнительного директора Microsoft, но позже он стал председателем компании. |
And, surprisingly, he is also the commander-in-chief of the country’s Navy and Armed Forces. |
И, к удивлению, он же является главнокомандующим Военно — Морского Флота и Вооруженных Сил страны. |
The chief of state is President and Executive Deputy President. |
Глава государства — президент и исполнительный представитель президента. |
The president is both the chief of state and head of government. |
Президент является как главой государства, так и главой правительства. |
Local Indian chief and ninety Indians were present. |
На нем присутствовали местный вождь и девяносто индейцев. |
My father is a chief sales-manager in a firm which sells various computer equipment. |
Мой отец — главный коммерческий директор в фирме, которая продает различное компьютерное оборудование. |
The citizens will know that things weren’t well between the Prime Minister and the Chief Cabinet Secretary. |
Народ тогда узнает, что не все было гладко между премьер — министром и главным секретарем кабинета. |
The chief of state of a supposedly sovereign nation knew how to take his orders from a field-grade officer of Russia’s Committee for State Security. |
Глава государства, называющего себя суверенным, безоговорочно выполняет приказы офицера советского Комитета государственной безопасности. |
The President’s Chief of Staff invited him and half the Senate Committee on Intelligence. |
Глава администрации президента пригласил его и половину сенатского комитета по разведке. |
Your republican White House chief of staff is working for the democratic governor of Pennsylvania. |
Ваш республиканец глава администрации Белого Дома работает на демократа — губернатора Пенсельвании. |
In the past 24 hours, a Secret Service agent and the Chief of Staff were killed. |
За последние 24 часа были убиты агент Секретной службы и глава администрации. |
I propose you walk away from any deal with Chief Jackson and the whole waterfront project. |
Я предлагаю вам отказаться от любой сделки с вождём Джексон и отказаться от проекта набережной. |
The chief justice ruled that a slave became emancipated by law once crossing into a free state. |
Верховный судья объявил, что по закону раб, пересекший границу свободного штата, получает свободу. |
Your scars should be scars of honor, earned in your own name, as a chief , not this. |
Твои шрамы должны быть шрамами славы, которыми ты заслужишь свое собственное имя, имя вождя. |
The Secret Service chief was accompanied by Marine Captain Hadcraft, commander of the Guard Force. |
Шефа Секретной Службы сопровождал капитан морской пехоты Хэдкрафт, командир отряда охраны. |
The chief point of criticism against the Admiralty appears to centre in the purely legal question of the Petition of Right brought by a member. |
Главный момент критики против Адмиралтейства сосредотачивается, кажется, в простом юридическом вопросе, отказе в принятии петиции. |
This is Ewan McCaskell, the chief of staff of the president of the United States. |
С вами говорит Ивэн Маккаскелл, руководитель администрации президента Соединенных Штатов. |
General Bauer drew an automatic pistol from beneath his coat and aimed it at the chief of staff. |
Генерал Бауэр выхватил из — под шинели пистолет и направил его на руководителя президентской администрации. |
Her Ship’s Commander was Manfred, Fleet Admiral Graf von Staufenberg, First Deputy Chief of Staff of Confederation Navy. |
Командиром корабля был адмирал флота граф Манфред фон Штауфенберг, первый заместитель начальника штаба Флота Конфедерации. |
So finally he accepted an offer to be editor in chief of the most influential Sunday book review section in the country. |
Поэтому он наконец принял предложение стать главным редактором самого влиятельного воскресного книжного обозрения в стране. |
I’ve recently been appointed to the newly created post of Chief Engineer of this facility. |
Меня на днях назначили на новую должность ведущего инженера данного сооружения. |
Negri is to continue right on in his old job as Chief of Imperial Security. |
Негри остается в своей прежней должности шефа Имперской службы безопасности. |
He’ll share his hammock with the First Watch Officer and Chief Quartermaster. |
Командир будет делить койку со старпомом и шеф — квартирмейстером. |
Father Donati traveled secretly to Moscow and met with the chief of the KGB’s successor, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service. |
Отец Донати тайно посетил Москву и встретился с главой ФСБ, преемницы всесильного ведомства. |
Gift of choice from D.C. Art Crimes Chief to new recruits. |
Такие дарит новым сотрудникам начальник отдела Преступлений в сфере искусства. |
How you made chief of cardio at an age when most of us are still starting out in our specialities. |
Как вы стали главой кардио в возрасте, когда большинство из нас думает о специализации? |
The crown of The Chief’s head would be shaved tomorrow night, and Dean’s check then would be to make sure he didn’t need a touch-up. |
Макушку Вождя обреют завтра вечером, и тогда Дин проверит, не нужно ли чего подправить. |
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characteristic, important
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characteristic, essential
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adjective
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as in main
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as in presiding
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noun
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as in body
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as in leader
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chief
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adjective
Definition of chief
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as in main
coming before all others in importance
our chief priority this year will be cutting the budget
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
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main
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greatest
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primary
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highest
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foremost
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predominant
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dominant
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principal
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first
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leading
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big
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supreme
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key
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central
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cardinal
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paramount
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premier
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overriding
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great
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master
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sovereign
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prior
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capital
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primal
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distinguished
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overbearing
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No. 1
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senior
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number one
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top
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major
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preeminent
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sovran
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eminent
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grand
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overmastering
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illustrious
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outstanding
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notable
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important
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arch
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noteworthy
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high—level
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prestigious
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superior
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numero uno
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signal
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influential
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star
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stellar
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mighty
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noble
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renowned
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famed
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famous
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unequalled
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significant
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celebrated
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incomparable
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unparalleled
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momentous
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unsurpassed
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unequaled
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matchless
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last
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least
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minor
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secondary
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subordinate
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unimportant
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slight
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insignificant
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trivial
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negligible
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inferior
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collateral
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inconsiderable
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trifling
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subsidiary
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inconsequential
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last
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least
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minor
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secondary
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subordinate
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unimportant
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slight
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insignificant
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trivial
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negligible
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inferior
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collateral
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inconsiderable
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trifling
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subsidiary
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inconsequential
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2
as in presiding
highest in rank or authority
the chief administrator will be retiring soon
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presiding
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foremost
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commanding
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supreme
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principal
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primary
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top
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senior
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leading
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lead
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first
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high
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head
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prime
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premier
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main
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in charge
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preeminent
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supereminent
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major
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supervisory
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high—level
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predominant
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managing
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overseeing
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paramount
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dominant
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reigning
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controlling
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sovereign
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ruling
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officiating
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upper
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directing
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superior
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uppermost
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ascendant
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topmost
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predominate
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regnant
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sovran
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ascendent
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grand
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upmost
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second
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last
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less
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secondary
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lower
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subordinate
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lesser
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subsidiary
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ancillary
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inferior
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lowly
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assistant
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deputy
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junior
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assisting
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under
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coadjutor
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second
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last
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less
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secondary
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lower
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subordinate
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lesser
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subsidiary
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ancillary
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inferior
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lowly
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assistant
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deputy
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junior
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assisting
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under
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coadjutor
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chief
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noun
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as in body
the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts
the chief of the estate was left to the eldest son
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body
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core
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bulk
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weight
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majority
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main
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staple
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essence
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mass
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burden
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center
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whole
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root
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bottom
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heart
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nature
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entirety
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substance
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brunt
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middle
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focus
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generality
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sum
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heft
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meat
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matter
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amount
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subject
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soul
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total
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marrow
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kernel
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hub
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nucleus
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quantum
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seat
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totality
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aggregate
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sum total
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theme
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stuff
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text
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argument
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topic
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essentiality
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pitch
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pith
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affair
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motif
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point
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gist
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quintessence
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nut
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crux
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nub
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purport
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extension
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adjunct
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accessory
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component
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constituent
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element
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part
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ingredient
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section
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division
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appendage
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offshoot
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accessary
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segment
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piece
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side
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feature
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quality
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aspect
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angle
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facet
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extension
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adjunct
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accessory
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component
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constituent
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element
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part
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ingredient
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section
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division
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appendage
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offshoot
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accessary
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segment
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piece
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side
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feature
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quality
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aspect
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angle
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facet
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2
as in leader
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
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leader
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boss
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foreman
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captain
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commander
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director
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master
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manager
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head
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lord
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administrator
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overseer
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superintendent
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honcho
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supervisor
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executive
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headman
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helmsman
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president
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principal
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kingpin
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boss man
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taskmaster
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jefe
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governor
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steward
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general
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king
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ruler
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mistress
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skipper
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overlord
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czar
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directress
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superior
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employer
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magnate
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leadman
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standard—bearer
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sovereign
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prince
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bigwig
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baron
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figurehead
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potentate
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tsar
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dominator
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mogul
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straw boss
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higher—up
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big gun
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hierarch
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sovran
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top dog
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tzar
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coleader
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gaffer
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top gun
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cohead
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ganger
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big cheese
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subchief
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micromanager
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subdirector
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secondary
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dependent
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subject
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subordinate
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junior
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underling
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inferior
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secondary
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dependent
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subject
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subordinate
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junior
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underling
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inferior
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Phrases Containing chief
- commander in chief
- commander in chief
Thesaurus Entries Near chief
chiding
chief
chief justice
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