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chief
Overview of noun chief
The noun chief has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (5) head, chief, top dog -- (a person who is in charge; "the head of the whole operation")
2. (1) foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss -- (a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman")
Overview of adj chief
The adj chief has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (16) chief, main, primary, principal -- (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")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun chief
2 senses of chief
Sense 1
head, chief, top dog
=> leader
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss
=> supervisor
=> superior, higher-up, superordinate
=> leader
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun chief
2 senses of chief
Sense 1
head, chief, top dog
=> administrator, executive
=> administrator, decision maker
=> capo
=> department head
=> don, father
=> general, superior general
=> general manager
=> grand dragon
=> head of household
=> secretary
Sense 2
foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss
=> baas
=> ganger
=> straw boss, assistant foreman
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun chief
2 senses of chief
Sense 1
head, chief, top dog
=> leader
Sense 2
foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss
=> supervisor
Antonyms of noun chief
Member Holonyms of noun chief
Substance Holonyms of noun chief
Part Holonyms of noun chief
Member Meronyms of noun chief
Substance Meronyms of noun chief
Part Meronyms of noun chief
Meronyms of noun chief
Holonyms of noun chief
Attributes of noun chief
Derived Forms of noun chief
Domain of noun chief
Domain Terms of noun chief
Familiarity of noun chief
chief used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun chief
2 senses of chief
Sense 1
head, chief, top dog
> leader
=> spiritual leader
=> aristocrat, blue blood, patrician
=> bellwether
=> caller
=> captain, chieftain
=> cheerleader
=> choragus
=> civic leader, civil leader
=> commander
=> demigod, superman, Ubermensch
=> duce
=> employer
=> father
=> boss
=> fugleman
=> galvanizer, galvaniser, inspirer
=> guide
=> guru
=> head, chief, top dog
=> headman, tribal chief, chieftain
=> imam, imaum
=> instigator, initiator
=> labor leader
=> lawgiver, lawmaker
=> malik
=> military leader
=> misleader
=> model, role model
=> hero
=> nationalist leader
=> pied piper
=> point man
=> point woman
=> politician, politico, pol, political leader
=> politician
=> presiding officer
=> puppet ruler, puppet leader
=> religious leader
=> scoutmaster
=> spearhead
=> strike leader
=> superior, higher-up, superordinate
=> torchbearer
=> trainer
HAS INSTANCE=> Hussein, Husain, Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Saddam, Saddam bin Hussein at-Takriti
HAS INSTANCE=> Judas Maccabaeus
HAS INSTANCE=> Masoud, Ahmad Shah Masoud
HAS INSTANCE=> Qaddafi, Qadhafi, Khadafy, Gaddafi, Muammar al-Qaddafi, Muammar el-Qaddafi
Sense 2
foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss
> supervisor
=> bell captain
=> counselor, counsellor
=> den-mother
=> director, theater director, theatre director
=> foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss
=> forewoman
=> overseer, superintendent
=> oyabun
=> proctor, monitor
=> research director, director of research
=> stage manager, stager
=> system administrator
=> taskmaster
=> trail boss
Meronyms of noun chief
2 senses of chief
Sense 1
head, chief, top dog
=> leader
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 2
foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss
=> supervisor
=> superior, higher-up, superordinate
=> leader
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun chief
Grep of noun chief
arab chief
chief
chief assistant
chief constable
chief executive
chief executive officer
chief financial officer
chief joseph
chief justice
chief of staff
chief of state
chief operating officer
chief petty officer
chief secretary
chieftain
chieftaincy
chieftainship
commander in chief
editor in chief
fire chief
handkerchief
indian chief
kerchief
little chief hare
malicious mischief
maria tallchief
mischief
neckerchief
pocket-handkerchief
police chief
tallchief
tribal chief
Antonyms of adj chief
1 sense of chief
Sense 1
chief(prenominal), main(prenominal), primary(prenominal), principal(prenominal)
INDIRECT (VIA important) -> unimportant
Similarity of adj chief
1 sense of chief
Sense 1
chief(prenominal), main(prenominal), primary(prenominal), principal(prenominal)
=> important (vs. unimportant), of import
Pertainyms of adj chief
Attributes of adj chief
Domain of adj chief
Domain Terms of adj chief
Familiarity of adj chief
chief used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj chief
chief
in-chief
Grep of adv chief
chiefly
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