chief

chief
n
1. head, leader, doyen, principal, Inf. boss, Inf. bossman, Inf. kingpin, Inf. number one, Mr. Big, Sl. top dog, Sl. head honcho, Sl. big cheese; superior, director, dean, chairman; manager, overseer, supervisor, superintendent, foreman, headman, Brit. gaffer.
2. chieftain, sachem, warlord, war chief, commander, commandant; ruler, lord, overlord, lord and master, suzerain, paramount.
adj
3. supreme, head, first, foremost, headmost, premier, paramount, Inf. boss; ruling, reigning, commanding, controlling, directing, governing.
4. main, principal, cardinal, prime, primary, uppermost, most important; essential, necessary, indispensable.

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