CHIEF meaning: Leader or head of organization

We found 45 dictionaries that define the word chief:

General (28 matching dictionaries)

chief: Merriam-Webster.com
chief: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
chief: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
chief: Collins English Dictionary
chief: Vocabulary.com
Chief, chief, chief: Wordnik
chief: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
chief: Wiktionary
chief: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
chief: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
chief: Infoplease Dictionary
Chief, chief: Dictionary.com
chief: Online Etymology Dictionary
chief: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Chief (album), Chief (band), Chief (heraldry), Chief (horse), Chief (train), Chief, The Chief (British TV series), The Chief (UK TV series), The Chief (album), The Chief (film), The Chief (newspaper), The Chief (play), The Chief: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Chief: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
chief: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
chief: Rhymezone
chief: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
chief: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CHIEF: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
chief: Free Dictionary
chief: Mnemonic Dictionary
chief: Dictionary/thesaurus
chief: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
Chief (comics): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Art (1 matching dictionary)

An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry (No longer online)

Business (3 matching dictionaries)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
chief: Legal dictionary
BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

chief: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

chief: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)

CHIEF: Acronym Finder
AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
chief: Idioms

Slang (6 matching dictionaries)

Chief (offensive): Racial Slur Database
chief, chief, chief: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
chief: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
Chief: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
The Chief: A Seattle Lexicon
The Chief: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)

Chief: Sports Definitions

Tech (1 matching dictionary)

SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See chiefdom as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.
▸ noun:  (uncountable, only with "in") Headship, the status of being a chief or leader.
▸ noun:  (heraldry) 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.
▸ noun:  The principal part or top of anything.
▸ noun:  (sometimes ironic) An informal term of address.
▸ noun:  (offensive) An informal term of address for a Native American or First Nations man.
▸ adjective:  Primary; principal.
▸ adjective:  (Scotland) Intimate, friendly.
▸ verb:  (slang) To smoke cannabis.

Similar:

boss, honcho, foreman, primary, principal, main, gaffer, top, important, arch, more...

Opposite:

subordinate, junior, follower, underling, inferior

Types:

executive, financial, operating, information, technology, marketing, humresources, more...

Phrases:

the chief, Chief Justice, chief executive, in chief, chief minister, more...

Adjectives:

old, great, indian, former, general, young, commander, local, paramount, commanderin, principal

Colors:

red, blue, gold, silver, black, more...

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