CHIEFS Synonyms: 154 Similar and Opposite Words

chiefs

noun

plural of chief

as in bodies

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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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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Recent Examples of chiefs Throughout that year, as Israelis poured into the streets to protest Netanyahu's far-right government and its plan to weaken the judiciary, Netanyahu's security chiefs warned that regional enemies could take advantage of the turmoil to attack. — Daniel Estrin, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026 During a meeting with his army chiefs last week, Putin said Russian forces were on the offensive along the entire front line. — Anastasiia Parafeniuk, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026 Eisenkot’s approach would likely win over more international partners, at least for a time, as did the leaders of two other former military chiefs, Barak and Yitzhak Rabin, who unseated Likud governments. — Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2026 The finance chiefs ended the meeting without a joint communique, underscoring persistent divisions among members over the Middle East conflict, trade imbalances, and Russia's war with Ukraine. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026 Following the simultaneous departures of former chiefs Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) and Teddy Altman (Kim Raver) at the end of last season, long-time fans might have expected another familiar face to take the helm. — Max Gao, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026 Two former school district police chiefs who reviewed the case at our request said that the arrest and referral were unnecessary. — Rosie Cima, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026 While the streaming giant still lords over its rivals in the subscription space and co-chiefs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters command an annual content spending budget of $20 billion, Wall Street arguably has viewed this as an off year for Netflix. — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026 Neither Dan Heizman, president of Local 42, which represents those with the rank of captain and below, nor Clay Calvin, president of Local 3808, which represents division and battalion chiefs, responded to requests for comment. — Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026

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Noun

This magical thinking has extended into her current practice, which can feel both haunted by invisible bodies and animated by our own living and breathing ones.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
In August 2026, investigators discovered 55 bodies in various states of decomposition inside South Chicago Chapel.

— Dave Savini, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of bodies

Noun

The countries that do this well engage community leaders, religious leaders, and other respected figures to be part of the vaccination team.

— Raj Panjabi, STAT, 21 Oct. 2026
The horror leaders argued non-traditional horror directors like Parsons and Barker had come out of YouTube to offer fresh, new voices and innovation to the fright-night medium for Gen Z movie-goers.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of leaders

Noun

Keep a tight core, a straight back and a slight bend in your knees, with the weights hanging straight down, palms facing one another.

— Sarah Stiefvater, Flow Space, 23 Oct. 2026
Steered models deleted their own weights 75% of the time and another model’s weights 58% of the time.

— Shae Lake, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of weights

Noun

In other instances, loan officers are being pressured by their bosses to convince people to refi.

— Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
That dustup is typically followed by a defense in Puck’s media newsletter, the reflexively anti-rank-and-file outlet where some media bosses and spokespeople go to air grievances about their unruly staff.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of bosses

Noun

For that, the Atlas 8 provides Arc B390 graphics with 12 Xe3 GPU cores, paired with 24GB of LPDDR5x RAM.

— Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2026
That's a six-core CPU with two performance cores and four efficiency cores, paired with a five-core GPU that also supports ray tracing.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of cores

Noun

Customers were very important; workers, foremen.

— Michael Kilian, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
For years after that, TCU alums who had served as Ranch Week foremen or queen would proudly include it on resumes, in professional biographies or when running for office.

— Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025

Definition of foremen

Noun

Over the years, his wardrobe has moved between sharp tailoring, sporty staples, and collegiate influences, with shell jackets, fleeces, wide-legged trousers, and oversized silhouettes all making regular appearances.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
South Area Market Inside this small market there are shelves of snacks and staples from Southeast Asia.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of staples

Noun

For that flight, soon followed by four others, the Viceroy flew a distance of 596 meters over 30 seconds near Regent’s headquarters on Narragansett Bay, with two captains aboard.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2026
Which feels perfectly symbolic of, well, the downfall of the team Mahomes captains.

— Sam McDowell October 19, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2026

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