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Definition/Meaning

(noun)

of greatest importance or rank;

e.g. Her chief source of income is from her job as an illustrator.

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Arch

Archer

Big

Body

Boss

Bulk

Capital

Captain

Cardinal

Central

Commanding

Core

Dominant

Employer

Enforcer

Figurehead

First

Foreman

Foremost

Generality

Grand

Great

Head

Headman

Heft

Helmsman

Hierarch

High-level

Higher-up

Honcho

Jefe

Key

Kingpin

Lead

Leader

Leading

Leadman

Main

Martinet

Mass

Master

Numero uno

Omnicompetent

Omnificent

Overbearing

Overmastering

Overriding

Overseer

Paramount

Predominant

Predominate

Preeminent

Premier

Primal

Primary

Prime

Principal

Prior

Salient

Sovereign

Standard-bearer

Staple

Supreme

Taskmaster

Top

Totalitarian

Weight

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Opposite Words

Accessory

Adjunct

Ancillary

Angle

Appendage

Aspect

Assistant

Auxiliary

Butler

Cipher

Coadjutor

Collateral

Component

Constituent

Contributory

Daily

Dependent

Deputy

Division

Domestic

Dwarf

Element

Extension

Facet

Factotum

Feature

Fiddling

Flunky

Foolish

Frivolous

Fry

Half-pint

Helping

Here

Incidental

Inconsequential

Inconsiderable

Inferior

Ingredient

Insect

Insignificancy

Insignificant

Junior

Lackey

Last

Least

Less

Lesser

Lightweight

Little

Lower

Lowly

Manservant

Mediocrity

Menial

Minor

Morsel

Negligible

Neither

Nickel-and-dime

Nobody

Nonentity

Nor

Nothing

Nugatory

Nullity

Number

Offshoot

One-horse

Part

Peripheral

Piece

Pigmy

Pint

Pip-squeak

Pygmy

Quality

Retainer

Second

Secondary

Section

Segment

Servant

Shrimp

Side

Slavey

Slight

Small

Small-fry

Small-time

Steward

Subject

Subordinate

Subservient

Subsidiary

Supplemental

Supplementary

There

Trifling

Trivial

Twerp

Under

Underling

Unimportant

Whippersnapper

Zero

Zilch

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Administrator

Aggregate

All-powerful

Almighty

Amount

Argument

Ascendant

Baron

Better

Bigwig

Bottom

Burden

Caesar

Celebrated

Center

Commander

Controlling

Crux

Czar

Despot

Dictator

Director

Distinguished

Dominant

Elder

Eminent

Employer

Essence

Essentiality

Executive

Famed

Famous

Figurehead

Focus

Gaffer

Ganger

General

Gist

Governor

Grand

Heart

Hierarch

High-level

Higher-up

Hub

Illustrious

Important

Incomparable

Influential

Judge

Kernel

King

Leadman

Lord

Magnate

Main

Major

Majority

Manager

Marrow

Matchless

Matter

Meat

Middle

Mighty

Mistress

Mogul

Momentous

Motif

Nature

Noble

Notable

Noteworthy

Nub

Nucleus

Nut

Outstanding

Overlord

Overseer

Paramount

Pitch

Pith

Point

Potentate

Predominant

Predominate

President

Prestigious

Prince

Principal

Purport

Quantum

Quintessence

Regnant

Renowned

Root

Ruler

Ruling

Seat

Senior

Signal

Significant

Skipper

Soul

Sovereign

Standard-bearer

Star

Stellar

Steward

Stuff

Subject

Substance

Sum

Superintendent

Superior

Supervisor

Text

Theme

Topic

Topmost

Total

Totality

Tyrant

Unequaled

Unparalleled

Unsurpassed

Upper

Uppermost

Whole

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