Chief

Definition: Chief

Chief

Adjective

1. 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".

2. (of persons) highest in rank or authority or office; "his arch rival"; "the boss man"; "the chief executive"; "head librarian"; "top administrators".

Noun

1. A person who is in charge; "the head of the whole operation".

2. A person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "chief" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Computing

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

CHIEF

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Chief

Evidence

Oral evidence, documentary evidence, hearsay evidence, external evidence, extrinsic evidence, internal evidence, intrinsic evidence, circumstantial evidence, cumulative evidence, ex parte evidence, presumptive evidence, collateral evidence, constructive evidence; proof; (demonstration); evidence in chief.

Government

President, vice president, cabinet member, prime minister, minister; senator, representatative, president pro tem, speaker of the house; department head, section head, section chief; federal judge, justice, justice of the supreme court, chief justice; treasurer, secretary of the treasury; director of the FBI.

Greatness

Principal part, chief part, main part, greater part, major part, best part, essential part; bulk, mass; (whole).

Importance

Top sawyer, first fiddle, prima donna, chief; triton among the minnows; " it".

Paramount, essential, vital, all-absorbing, radical, cardinal, chief, main, prime, primary, principal, leading, capital, foremost, overruling; of vital; importance.

Judge

Lord Chancellor, Lord Justice; Master of the Rolls, Vice Chancellor; Lord Chief Justice, Chief Baron; Mr. Justice, Associate Justice, Chief Justice; Baron, Baron of the Exchequer.

Master

Noun: master, padrone; lord, lord paramount; commander, commandant; captain; chief, chieftain; sirdar, sachem, sheik, head, senior, governor, ruler, dictator; leader; (director); boss,Noun: master, padrone; lord, lord paramount; commander, commandant; captain; chief, chieftain; sirdar, sachem, sheik, head, senior, governor, ruler, dictator; leader; (director); boss, cockarouse, sagamore, werowance.

Marshal, field marshal, marechal; general, generalissimo; commander in chief, seraskier, hetman; lieutenant general, major general; colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, centurion, skipper, lieutenant, first lieutenant, second lieutenant, sublieutenant, officer, staff officer, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigade major, adjutant, jemidar, ensign, cornet, cadet, subaltern, noncommissioned officer, warrant officer; sergeant, sergeant major; color sergeant; corporal, corporal major; lance corporal, acting corporal; drum major; captain general, dizdar, knight marshal, naik, pendragon.

Repute

Chief; (master); first fiddle; (proficient); cynosure, mirror; flower, pink, pearl; paragon; (perfection); choice and master spirits of the age; elite; star,.sun, constellation, galaxy. ornament, honor, feather in one's cap, halo, aureole, nimbus; halo of glory, blaze of glory, blushing honors; laurels; (trophy).

Crosswords: Chief

When you talk to the President, you might remind him that I am holding his wife, his daughter, his chief of staff, his national security advisor, his classified papers -- and his baseball glove (Air Force One; writing credit: Andrew W. Marlowe)

I don't have to. You'd be busting in on the Chief of Police just up the hall (The Sting; writing credit: David S. Ward)

You left out one of the chief counsels, Samwise the Brave (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

This is Louisiana, chief! I mean, how do you know who your daddy is (JFK; writing credit: Jim Marrs; Jim Garrison)

There goes the next chief of police (The Untouchables; writing credit: Oscar Fraley; Eliot Ness)

Chief Dan George Speaks (1974)

O'Connor: The Chief (1973)

Big Chief No Treaty (1962)

Chief Charlie Horse (1956)

Battles of Chief Pontiac (1952)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Control Chief Holdings Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Chief Consolidated Mining Company: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Becoming a Chief Home Officer: Thriving in Your Career Shift To-Stay-At Home Mom (Hearts at Home Workshop Series) (reference)

• CEO Logic : How to Think and Act Like a Chief Executive (reference)

• Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Modern Library Science Series (New York, N.Y.).) (reference)

• The Wisdom of the Native Americans: Includes the Soul of an Indian and Other Writings by Ohiyesa, and the Great Speeches of Red Jacket, Chief Joseph, (reference)

• To Become a Human Being: The Message of Tadodaho Chief Leon Shenandoah (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Australian Chief Executive (reference)

• Big Chief News (reference)

• Bulletin Of The Chief & Petty Officers Association (reference)

• Chief Of Police (reference)

• Clatskanie Chief (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Biography - Dwight D. Eisenhower: Commander In Chief (reference)

• Battles of Chief Pontiac (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Long Live the Chief (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Shown is page 2 of the newspaper Washington Post on August 6, 1937 just after President Roosevelt signed a bill to authorize the erection of the National Cancer Institute, with Dr. Carl Voegtlin as the Chief. Shown are photos of Drs. Carl Voegtlin, R. H. Fitch, Herbert Kaher and Thomas Parran (Surgeon General). Shown is "'Conquer Cancer' Adopted as Battle Cry of the Public Health Service.". Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Chief, Biostatistics BranchDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics See also http://dceg.cancer.gov/biographies/Gail.html. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

H. L. Stevenson (Editor-In-Chief and V.P., UPI, New York with Chang Hai-Tao (Chief, Hsinhua News Agency, United Nations, and Tu Pei-Lin (Deputy Chief, Hsinhua News Agency, U.N.). Credit: CDC.

Raymond A. Vonderlehr, M.D., Chief, CDC, 1947 - 1951. Credit: CDC.

Soviet Council of Chief Designers in 1959. Credit: NASA.

First crew of NOAA Ship WHITING Chief Boatswain "Pappy Haynes" tall man standing in middle. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Chief Electronics Technician Slim Tittle hooking up batteries Power source for microwave navigation system Party off of WHITING. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The fireboat Chief Seattle on the Seattle waterfront. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Chief Boatswain Strydr Nutting slings the psychrometer to get wet and dry bulb temperatures. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Chief Boatwain Nutting reading wire angle during Bongo net tow. Credit: Fisheries.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And if such are found in our land at the beginning of the war, they shall be detained, without injury to their bodies or goods, until information be received by us, or by our chief justiciar, how the merchants of our land found in the land at war with us are treated; and if our men are safe there, the others shall be safe in our land. (reference)

The great and chief end, therefore, of men's uniting into commonwealths, and putting themselves under government, is the preservation of their property. (Second Treatise of Government)

When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present. (reference)

For the rest, so little do they conceal the reactionary character of their criticism that their chief accusation against the bourgeoisie amounts to this, that under the bourgeois regime a class is being developed, which is destined to cut up root and branch the old order of society. (reference)

Any question as to which are the Members of the chief industrial importance shall be decided by the Council of the League of Nations. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner

So, being bald and ironical, he was the chief.

It was one day down in Arklow, a cold bitter day, not long before the chief died

I answered they were innumerable, but I should only mention a few of the chief.

Its pickerel, though not abundant, are its chief boast

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

It is the chief reason for new blindness, kidney failure, and limb amputation. (references)

Acupuncture is a complex intervention that may vary for different patients with similar chief complaints. (references)

Cytokines are diverse and potent chemical messengers secreted by the cells of the immune system�"and the chief tool of T cells. (references)

Business

DHSV’s Chief Engineer attends dental trade exhibitions, both in Australia and overseas, on an occasional basis. (references)

The Interior Secretary and the Government's chief negotiator for Chiapas both resigned following the Acteal massacre. (references)

In Denmark, the Ministry of Defense and Chief of Defense staff are concerned with policy and fiscal management of acquisitions. (references)

Children

Somalia

Children remain among the chief victims of the continuing violence. (references)

India

The NHRC requested that the Assam Chief Secretary issue a detailed report on the incident and provide prompt medical treatment for the victims. (references)

Civil Liberties

Yemen

Al-Shumu's editor in chief, Seif al-Hadhri was also fined $59 (10,000 riyals). (references)

Economic History

Zimbabwe

Sithole, and Chief Jeremiah Chirau. (references)

Sierra Leone

Deputy Chief of Mission--Michael L. Bajek. (references)

Nepal

General Prajwalla S.JB. Rana is the Chief of Army Staff. (references)

Human Rights

Georgia

Aoun's release followed the forced resignation of the controversial Tbilisi police chief. (references)

Greece

The Port Authority Chief claimed that injuries occurred during fights and attempted escapes. (references)

Togo

In rural areas, the village chief or council of elders may try minor criminal and civil cases. (references)

Indigenous People

Indonesia

In late September 2000, new National Police Chief Suryo Bimantoro ordered all Papuan independence flags to be taken down. (references)

Dominica

Carib Indians over the age of 18 who reside there are eligible to vote for the Chief and eight members of the Council of Advisors. (references)

Minorities

Georgia

The mayor and local police chief refused to intervene, and local law enforcement officials warned that there would be further attacks. (references)

Political Economy

Sweden

The King is Chief of State. (references)

Hong Kong

Seven are appointed by the Chief Executive. (references)

Sudan

Defendants may file appellate briefs with the Chief Justice. (references)

Political Rights

Hong Kong

C.H. Tung is Chief Executive. (references)

Kuwait

Of 50 National Assembly members, 6 are Shi'a, as is the armed forces chief of staff. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

The Minister of Justice and the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court were women. (references)

Trade

Israel

Israeli law determines that the sole authority for certifying food as kosher is the Council of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. (references)

Israel

Hence, products considered kosher in the U.S. still must obtain certification from Israel's Chief Rabbinate to be considered kosher in Israel. (references)

Egypt

GOEIC branch's chief executive shall constitute the joint committees for inspection by nature of commodity, subject of control, and shall communicate the results to the Customs Authority. (references)

Travel

Ghana

Visitors desiring an extension of their stay must apply to the Chief Immigration Officer before the visa expires. (references)

Ghana

For information and applications in this regard (with the exception of projects in the mining and petroleum sectors, inquiries for which are handled by the Minerals Commission and the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation respectively), contact the Chief Executive, Ghana Investment Promotion Center. (references)

Women

India

The NHRC engaged in correspondence with the Chief Minister's office but has yet to receive a reply. (references)

Worker Rights

Cyprus

In September 1999, the Chief of Migration Department in the government-controlled area was arrested for illegally issuing visas to female nightclub workers and pub owners; he was convicted during the year and sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment. (references)

Hong Kong

The Employment and Labor Relations (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance removed the legal stipulation of trade unions' right to engage employers in collective bargaining; bans the use of union funds for political purposes; requires the Chief Executive's approval before unions can contribute funds to any trade union outside of the SAR; and restricts the appointment of persons from outside the enterprise or sector to union executive committees. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Chief

Chief

Chief of the eunuchs

Chief

Expressions using "chief": air chief marshal ♦ Air Chief Marshall ♦ arab chief ♦ battalion chief of staff ♦ big chief ♦ brigand chief ♦ chief accountant ♦ chief administrative officer ♦ chief assistant ♦ Chief baron ♦ chief bodyguard ♦ chief buyer ♦ chief cell ♦ chief civilian personnel officer ♦ chief clerk of a bank department ♦ chief command ♦ chief communication officer ♦ chief constable ♦ chief deacon ♦ chief editor ♦ chief engineer ♦ chief examiner ♦ chief executive ♦ chief executive officer ♦ chief financial officer ♦ chief fisherman ♦ Chief hare ♦ chief Joseph ♦ chief judge ♦ chief justice ♦ Chief Justice of the United States ♦ chief Lake ♦ chief magistrate ♦ chief magistrate of a district ♦ chief master sergeant ♦ chief master sergeant of first airspace ♦ chief mate ♦ chief medical ♦ chief military personnel officer ♦ chief mourner ♦ chief of branch ♦ chief of chemical service ♦ chief of general staff ♦ chief of operations ♦ chief of police ♦ chief of protocol ♦ chief of reconnaissance ♦ chief of robbers ♦ chief of service ♦ chief of staff ♦ chief of state ♦ chief of the crew ♦ chief of the three ♦ chief officer ♦ chief operating officer ♦ chief operations officer ♦ chief part ♦ chief person ♦ chief petty officer ♦ chief pilot ♦ chief priest ♦ Chief Privacy Officer ♦ chief pursuit ♦ chief rabbi ♦ chief scout ♦ chief secretary ♦ chief steward ♦ chief superintendent ♦ chief taster ♦ chief technician ♦ chief town ♦ chief transport officer ♦ chief veterinary surgeon ♦ chief warden ♦ chief warrant officer ♦ chief water tender ♦ chief witness ♦ commander im chief ♦ commander in chief ♦ commander in chief of the army ♦ deputy chief administrative officer ♦ deputy chief operations officer ♦ Dexter chief ♦ editor in chief ♦ evidence in chief ♦ Examination in chief ♦ fire chief ♦ Fleet Chief Petty Officer ♦ honorary chief warrant officer ♦ in chief ♦ indian chief ♦ line chief ♦ Little chief ♦ little chief hare ♦ Lord Chief Justice of England ♦ Master Chief Petty Officer ♦ minimum knowledge for certification of masters and chief mates ♦ one's chief aversion ♦ police chief ♦ Senior Chief Petty Officer ♦ sinister chief. Additional references.

Beginning with "chief": chief-corporal, chief-doms, chief-executives, chief-inspector, Chief-justiceship, Chief-marshal, chief-of-staff.

Ending with "chief": co-chief, Colonel-in-chief, commander-in-chief, commanders-in-chief, curator-in-chief, editor-in-chief, examination-in-chief, ex-chief, tenants-in-chief, vice-chief.

Afrikaans

baas (boss, leader, master). (various references)

Albanian

udhëheqës (chieftain, conductor, directive, director, directory, fugleman, guide, headman, heuristic, instructor, leader, manager, managing, mentor, organizer, supervisor), shef (boss, chieftain, guv, principal), prijës (cacique, chieftain, head, headman, leading), përgjegjës (accountable, answerable, boss, corresponding, counsellor, curator, foreman, liable, manager, responsible, responsive, supervisor), kryetar (chairman, chairperson, chieftain, coryphaeus, director, elder, governor, head, headman, leader, moderator, president, principal, ringleader, speaker, standard bearer), kryesor (arch, arterial, basal, capital, Cardinal, central, focal, foremost, fundamental, general, governing, grand, great, key, keynote, leading, main, major, pivotal, predominant, premier, primal, primary, prime, principal, topmost, trunk), komandant (captain, commandant, commander, head, sirdar). (various references)

Arabic 

قائد (manager), شيخ (elder, sheik), ‏مولى (lord), ‏مدير (administrator, director, executive, gaffer, landlord, manager, patron, provost, reeve), ‏قائد (commandant, commander, head, leader, pacemaker, pacesetter, professor, skipper, soul), ‏زعيم (bell wether, boss, captain, cob, elder, head, leader, pacemaker, primate, ruler), ‏أكبر (better, bigger, greater, major, maximal, plus, utmost), ‏أول (fore, foremost, former, initial, premier), ‏أعلى (above, maximal, maximum, paramount, super, superior, supreme, terminal, top, topmost, upmost, upper, uttermost), ‏رئيسي (arch, arterial, broad, cardinal, central, foremost, fundamental, head on, key-, leading, main, major, master, masterful, premier, primal, primary, prime, principal, sovereign, staple), ‏رئيس (boss, chef, elder, head, leader, president, reis, ruler). (various references)

Bulgarian 

шеф (boss, governor, patron, principal, superior, supervisor), главен (arterial, capital, decuman, general, grand, head, high, leading, magistral, main, major, master, pivotal, premier, primary, prime, principal, stellar), глава (attic, beer, bulb, chump, compartment, conk, crumpet, head, knob, loaf, nob, noddle, noggin, nut, onion, pate, poll, sconce, topknot), вожд (chieftain, fugleman, leader), началник (commandant, commander, head, manager, superior, supervisor, warden). (various references)

Catalan

amo (boss, leader). (various references)

Chinese 

院长, 長 (always, constantly, elder, forever, head, length, long, to develop, to grow), 首席 , 首 (head), 魁 (head), 總 (always, gather, general, head, in every case, overall, to assemble, total). (various references)

Czech

vrchní (head waiter, paramount, superior, supreme, upper, uppermost, waiter), velitel (commandant, commander), vedoucí (executive, guide, head, leader, leading, manager, supervisor), rozhodující (commanding, critical, crucial, decisive, determinative, fatal, main, predominant, supreme, vital, winning), pohlavár (chieftain), předseda (chairman, president), předák (foreman, gang boss, headman, headsman), náèelník (chieftain), korunní, hlavní (big, capital city, Cardinal, decuman, essential, leading, magistral, main, major, prime, principal, staple, star), boss (guv, mugwump), úhlavní (bitter), šéf (boss, guv, head, principal, superintendent). (various references)

Danish

chef (boss, leader, superior). (various references)

Dutch

gebieder (boss, leader, ruler), chef (boss, chef, leader, superior), baas (boss, leader, master, superior), aanvoerder (boss, commander, leader, superior). (various references)

Esperanto

superulo (superior), estro (boss, leader), ĉefo (boss), ĉefa (main, major, principal). (various references)

Faeroese

týðandi (main, major, principal), stjóri (boss, director, leader, manager), høvuðs- (main, major, principal), fyristøðumaður (agent, boss, leader, steward, superintendant), formaður (boss, chairman, leader, president), aðal- (main, major, principal). (various references)

Farsi 

فرمانده (Admiral, Commandant, Commander, Governor, Leader), پیشرو (Harbinger, Herald, Pathfinder, Precursor, Progenitor, Trail, Van), مهم (Considerable, Earthshaking, Epochal, Grand, Grave, Great, Head, Important, Main, Material, Momentous, Principal, Serious, Significant, Smacker, Substantial), قاءد (Leader), سالار (Chieftain, Head), سر (Acme, Apex, Cabal, Corona, End, Extremity, Mystery, Pash, Pate, Plug, Point, Ruler, Secret, Thought, Top, Vertex), عمده (Dominant, Essential, Gross, Head, Main, Major, Material, On, Only, Predominant, Primary, Prime, Principal, Significant), رءیس (Administer, Arch, Chairman, Dean, Director, Head, Header, Headman, Headmaster, Master, Premier(Re), President, Principal, Provost, Regent, Ruler, Sheikh, Warden). (various references)

Finnish

päällikkö (boss, chieftain, commandant, commander, head, leader, principal, ship's master). (various references)

French

chef (chef), principal. (various references)

Frisian

sjef (boss), oanfieder (boss), master (boss, leader, master), lieder (boss, leader), haad (boss, leader), baas (boss, leader). (various references)

German

chef (boss, commander, gaffer, guv, head, leader, principal, superior), hauptsächlich (chiefly, essentially, generally, main, mainly, major, mostly, notably, overriding, predominant, pre-eminently, primal, primarily, primary, principal, principally), anführer (captain, chieftain, leader, ringleader), Vorsteher (abbot, boss, director, governor, head, headmaster, leader, manager, principal, principals, provost, provosts), oberhaupt (boss, chieftain, head, leader), haupt- (arch-, Cardinal, chief-, general, leading, main, major, paramount, primary, prime, principal). (various references)

Greek 

κύριοσ (capital, dominant, esquire, gentleman, leading, liege, main, master, monsignor, mr, principal, proper, seignior), κύριος (foremost, gent, gentleman, main, master, staple), σεφ (chef), πρώτιστοσ (foremost), πρωτεύων (main, premier), προϊστάμενοσ (foreman, provost, shop walker), ηγετικός (leading, principal), αρχηγόσ (captain, chieftain, commander, head, headman, pendagon, principal). (various references)

Guarani

ruvicha. (various references)

Hawaiian

kryesor (main, major, predominant, principal). (various references)

Hebrew 

מפק�" (commandant, commander, commanding officer), מ� �"י�' (head, leader), שר (captain, chancellor, commander, head, minister, prince, ruler, secretary, vizier), עליון (exalted, high, lofty, over, preeminent, preponderant, superior, supreme, top, upmost, upper), איל (buttress, head, magnate, noble, ram, tup), אב (ancestor, creator, father, master, parent, pater, principal, progenitor, teacher), ראשי (capital, leading, main, major, paramount, primary, principal, staple, top), ראש (beginning, crest, fore, head, principal, start, summit), � שיא (king, president, prince). (various references)

Hungarian

vezér (boss, cock of the school, cock of the walk, lead, leader, queen, top), parancsnokló (commanding, in chief), pajzsfej, mindenekelőtt (above all, first of all, in the first instance, in the first place, preeminently, pre-eminently), legfontosabb (leading, main, premier, primal, prime, principal, staple, supreme), legfőbb (capital, last, paramount, primal, staple, supreme), fővezető, fő (leader, leading, preoccupation, primal, prime, to brew, to cook, to seethe, to stew), első (first, front, leader, leading, maiden, number one, premier, primal, primary, prime, thin edge of the wedge, top). (various references)

Indonesian

ketua (chairman, dean, moderator), kepala (boss, crest, curator, head, heading, pate). (various references)

Italian

capo (article, boss, Cape, chieftain, employer, end, foreland, head, headland, headman, item, leader, Lord, master, naze, Ness, overman, ply, ringleader, top). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

主要 (main, major, principal). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しゅりょう (amount of drink, boss, head, hunting, leader, one's drinking capacity), とうもく (head, leader), とうりょう (boss, chief support, equal amount, equivalent, giving up the game for lost, head, leader, pillar, resignation), あたまかぶ (leader), りょうしゅう (boss, cool autumn, leader, receipt, voucher), しょちょう (first menstruation, head), きょかい (ringleader), ちょうか�" (bird's eye view, morning newspaper, secretary), しゅよう (absolutely necessary, main, major, necessary business, neoplasm, principal, the master's business, tumor), おさ (head), しゅせき (calligraphic specimen, chairman, drinking party, first desk, governor, handwriting, head, holograph, president, top seat), しゅに�"しゃ (head, manager, person in charge), しゅぼう (leader, planning, plotting, ringleader), チーフ , おも (face, important, main, principal), おや� ま (boss, head), おやぶ�" (boss, head), しゅちょう (advocacy, assertion, claim, contention, emphasis, head, insistence, keynote, main current, main melody, opinion, request, swelling, tenet). (various references)

Korean 

장 (Cabinet, intestinal, sheet). (various references)

Malay

majikan (boss, leader). (various references)

Manx

triah, toshiagh (chieftain, leader, offset, premier, toe), toshee (commencing, fore, forward, front, of the beginning, precursory, pre-eminent, prefatory, preliminary, primary, senior, terminal), mooar (big, bold, bold promintary, capacious, commodious, difficult, extensive, extravagant, familiar, grand, great, grievous, heavy, hit off, hobnob, intense, intimate, loose-fitting, major, marked, powerful, tall), kione reiltagh (demagogue), kione (bottom, close, closing, dyke, end, extreme, extremity, finish, head, headland, point, point of argument, poll, ringleader, termination, top, top of flower, top-end, tribune), kionard, kiannoort (chieftain, constable, governor), ard-ghooinney (boss, cornerstone, dignitary), ard-er (boss, dignitary, superintendent), ard- (advanced, arch-, dominant, great, prefix arch-, prime). (various references)

Maya

baatab. (various references)

Norwegian

høvding. (various references)

Papago

siwani (chief medicine man). (various references)

Papiamen

chif (boss), hefe (boss, leader), bòs (boss, leader). (various references)

Pig Latin

iefchay.(various references)

Polish

zwierzchnik (boss, leader), szefo (boss), szef (boss, leader), główny (main, major, principal). (various references)

Portuguese

chefe (authority, boss, chef, chief-, chieftain, cock-a-doodle-doo, commander, commander-in-chief, command-in-chief, compere, conductor, conservator, controller, director, employer, father, fugleman, governor, head, headman, kingpin, leader, master, prince, principal, proprietor, sirdar), superior (above, ascendant, atop, better, bettor, choice, classy, crack-a-jack, gentle, high, master, olympian, over, pre-eminent, premium, select, superior, supreme, towering, transcendent, upper), principal (boss, broad, cardinal, central, essential, firm in one's principles, first, flyaway, foremost, head, high, highlight, keynote, king, leading, major, parent, pivotal, preparative, primal, principal, slip-on, substantial). (various references)

Romanian

conducãtor (captain, commander, commanding, conductor, directive, fugleman, governor, guide, head, leader, leading, man at the wheel, manager, master, principal, ruler, ruling, superintendent, superior, transmitting), cardinal (Cardinal), capital (assets, capital, corpus, essential, fund), cap (bean, beginning, brains, Cape, chump, end, foreland, front, head, heading, headland, judgment, knob, lid, loaf, mastermind, Mull, Ness, noddle, noggin, nut, pate, peak, peninsula, pericranium, pommel, promontory, rock, sense, skull, top, understanding), cãpitan (captain, chieftain, commander, head, master, shipmaster), cãpetenie (chieftain, commander, head, headman), superior (above, best, better, choice, excelsior, exclusive, first class, Guardian, high, higher, lofty, overweening, predominant, supercilious, superior, tiptop, top, upper), principal (broad, capital, Cardinal, first, front, grand, head, high, leading, main, notional, premier, primal, prime, principal, staple), mai presus de orice (above all), fruntaş (conspicuous, distinguished, forward, top), bucãtar-şef (chef, head cook), boier (boyar, gentleman, governor, Lord, nobleman), şef (boss, cap, captain, chairman, chieftain, foreman, governor, great gun, head, header, headman, leader, manager, master, president, principal, ringleader, superior). (various references)

Russian 

руководитель главный, шеф (boss), капитан (boss, captain, leader), глава (chapter, head), начальник (commandant, harbourmaster, principal, superintendent, superior, supervisor, warden), заведующий (in charge of, manager, superintendent). (various references)

Scottish

ceannard (commander, leader), ceann (conclusion, end, ending, extremity, head, pate), uachdaran (governor, ruler), triath (lord), prìomh (prime, principal), flath (a chief, noble, prince). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

vodeći (flight: in the first flight, guiding, headmost, leading), poglavica (chieftain, headman), poglavar (liege man, superior), načelnik (commander), glavni (arch, basic, capital, cardinal, general, head, key, leading, magistral, main, major, paramount, premier, prime, principal, salient, trunk), šef (boss, director, manager). (various references)

Spanish

principal (arch, capital, Cardinal, chief officer, foremost, grand, great, head, high-end, immediate, large, lead, leading, main, major, most important, predominant, preferred, primal, prime, principal, staple, star, top, trunk, uppermost), jefe (bellwether, boss, chef, chieftain, foreman, guv, head, headman, leader, manager, master, minister, oc, officer, president, scoutmaster, superior), dueño (boss, landlord, leader, master, owner, proprietor), comandante (boss, commandant, commander, leader, Maj, major), caudillo (boss, caudillo, chieftain, leader, leading), caporal (foreman), capitán (boss, captain, commander, leader, master mariner, owner, padrone, skip, skipper). (various references)

Sranan

patron (boss, leader), masra (boss, gentleman, husband, leader, lord, master), edeman (boss, leader), basi (boss, leader). (various references)

Swahili

jumbe (boss, leader). (various references)

Swazi

sí-khûlu. (various references)

Swedish

huvudsaklig (capital, Cardinal, default, main, overriding, pivotal, principal, staple), hövding (chieftain, headman), chef (boss, commander, director, executive, governor, guv, guvnor, head, leader, manager). (various references)

Tagalog

puno (boss, complete, full, integral, leader, tree), punò (boss, leader, tree). (various references)

Thai

นาย, ผู้นำ (Big Brother, leader), สำคัญ (arch, great, key, leading, material, red-hot), มีอำนาจสูงสุ�". (various references)

Turkish

ana (basic, broad, capital, Cardinal, fundamental, governing, grand, guiding, head, key, leading, main, main part, major, master, matron, mother, parent, predominant, primary, principal, principle, staple). (various references)

Turkmen 

naзalinik (r) (boss, head), baюtutan (boss). (various references)

Ukrainian

вождь (anarch, center, centre, chieftain, head, leader, sachem), повелитель (overlord), лідер (center, centre, coryphaeus, leader, pacemaker, pacer, pace-setter), завідуючий, найважливіший (capital, central, first rate, overriding, topmost), начальник (captain, commandant, principal, superior), директор (director, visor), володар (arbiter, archon, king, overlord, owner, possessor, potency, potentate, proprietor), старший (arch-, ayne, captain, elder, senior), глава (book, principal), голова (attic, bean, chair, chairman, conk, head, nob, noddle, noggin, noodle, nut, onion, pate, president, topknot), головний (arch-, basal, basic, broad, capital, captain, cephalic, governing, grand, head, leading, master, overriding, premier, primal, primary, prime, principal, staple, star), керівний (governing, guiding, high-level, leading, managing), керівник (captain, center, centre, conductor, guide, head, leader, manager, superintendent), шеф (big noise), основний (basal, base, basic, basilar, capital, central, first, foremost, fundamental, key, main, master, organic, primary, primitive, principal, quintessence, radical, staple, substantial, ultimate, underlying). (various references)

Vietnamese 

chính thủ phủ, chủ yếu (cardinal, central, governing, main, primal, staple), trưởng trọng yếu, thủ lĩnh (chieftain, father-figure, headman), lãnh tụ người đứng đầu, đặc biệt l� (especially, scilicet), đứng đầu (charge, top), ông chủ nhất l� . (various references)

Welsh

prif (boss, prime, principal). (various references)

Yucatec

nohchil (boss, leader). (various references)

Zulu

umakhonya (boss, leader, master), inkosi (boss, king). (various references)

archi-. (various references)

caput, cardinalis, dux, magister, magistri, magistris, magistro, magistrorum, magistros, magistrum, maxima, maximam, maximas, maxime, maximeque, maximi, maximis, maximo, maximum, maximus, potissimum, potissimus, praecipuus, praeses, praeside, praesidem, praesides, praesidi, praesidis, praesidium, primarius, primus, princeps, principalibus. (various references)

capitaneus, primas. (various references)

shakh. (various references)

chief. (various references)

premier. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "chief": chiefdom, chiefdoms, chiefer, chiefest, chiefly, chiefs, chiefship, chiefships, chieftain, chieftaincies, chieftaincy, chieftains, chieftainship, chieftainships. (additional references)

Words ending with "chief": handkerchief, kerchief, mischief, neckerchief, subchief. (additional references)

Words containing "chief": handkerchiefs, kerchiefed, kerchiefs, mischiefs, neckerchiefs, subchiefs. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Chief" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: chaif, Chaleff, Charef, chauf, cheef, chefe, chefet, cheff, Cheif, cheil, cheim, cheiy, chelf, Chiah, chiao, chie, chiefe, chiek, chiel, Chiem, chien, chiep, chier, chies, Chiew, chifa, chiff, chikeee, chinf, chized, Chlef, chuie, cief, cife, Cihe, clief, clife, crife, Csie, heif, heiff, hief, hife, keif, Khiem, Kineff, Schieff, shife. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: fiche.

-1 letter: chef, fice.

-2 letters: chi, feh, fie, hic, hie, ice, ich.

-3 letters: ef, eh, he, hi, if.

+1 letter: chiefs, fetich, fiches.

+2 letters: affiche, chiefer, chiefly, filched, filcher, filches, finches, fitchee, fitches, fitchet, fitchew.

+3 letters: affiches, cavefish, chaffier, cheffing, chiefdom, chiefest, chuffier, fetching, fetiches, filchers, fitchets, fitchews, flichter, flinched, flincher, flinches, flitched, flitches, fuchsine, kerchief, mischief, subchief.

+4 letters: archfiend, catfishes, chaffiest, chiefdoms, chiefship, chieftain, chuffiest, codfishes, cowfishes, fetichism, fleeching, flenching, fletching, flichters, flinchers, franchise, frenchify, frenching, fuchsines, kerchiefs, lightface, mischiefs, preachify, speechify, subchiefs, whiteface.