The meaning of CHIEF is accorded highest rank or office. How to use chief in a sentence.

Six Nations Chiefs, a senior lacrosse team in Six Nations of the Grand River, Ontario.

CHIEF definition: 1. most important or main: 2. highest in rank: 3. the person in charge of a group or…. Learn more.

The chief cause, part, or member of something is the most important one. Financial stress is well established as a chief reason for divorce.

chief (tʃif) n. 1. the head or leader of an organized body: the chief of police. 2. the ruler of a tribe or clan: an Indian chief. 3. boss 1. 4. the upper area of a heraldic field.

B2 a person who controls other people in an organization: police chiefs (Definition of chief from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Synonyms for CHIEF: main, greatest, primary, highest, foremost, predominant, dominant, principal; Antonyms of CHIEF: last, least, minor, secondary, subordinate, unimportant, slight, …

The chief of an organization or department is its leader or the person in charge of it.

5 days ago · Gen. Ken Wilsbach was sworn into office as the 24th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force.

chief (chēf ), n. the head or leader of an organized body of people; the person highest in authority: the chief of police. the head or ruler of a tribe or clan: an Indian chief.