Translations: the word in the other languages
- Afrikaans: hoof
- Amharic: ዋነኛው
- Arabic: رئيس
- Azerbaijani: baş
- Bashkir: төп
- Belarusian: галоўны
- Bulgarian: централен
- Bengali: প্রধান
- Bosnian: šef
- Catalan: cap
- Cebuano: pangulo
- Czech: hlavní
- Welsh: prif
- Danish: chef
- German: chief
- Greek: αρχηγέ
- Esperanto: ĉefo
- Spanish: jefe
- Estonian: peatoimetaja
- Basque: buruzagi
- Persian: رئیس
- Finnish: päällikkö
- French: chef de
- Irish: príomhfheidhmeannach
- Scottish Gaelic: àrd-oifigear
- Galician: xefe
- Gujarati: મુખ્ય
- Hebrew: צ ' יף
- Hindi: मुख्यमंत्री
- Croatian: glavni
- Haitian: chèf
- Hungarian: főnök
- Armenian: գլխավոր
- Indonesian: kepala
- Icelandic: höfðingi
- Italian: capo
- Japanese: 主任
- Javanese: pangareping
- Georgian: მთავარი
- Kazakh: бас
- Khmer: ប្រធាន
- Kannada: ಮುಖ್ಯ
- Korean: 석
- Kyrgyz: главный
- Latin: suspendisse
- Luxembourgish: chief
- Lao: ຫົວຫນ້າ
- Lithuanian: vyr.
- Latvian: galvenais
- Malagasy: ny lehiben'ny
- Mari: тӱҥ лаштык
- Maori: rangatira
- Macedonian: шефот
- Malayalam: ചീഫ്
- Mongolian: ерөнхий
- Marathi: मुख्य
- Hill Mari: тӹнг
- Malay: ketua
- Maltese: kap
- Burmese: ကဲ
- Nepali: प्रमुख
- Dutch: chief
- Norwegian: sjef
- Punjabi: ਮੁੱਖ
- Papiamento: hefe
- Polish: główny
- Portuguese: chefe
- Romanian: șef
- Russian: главный
- Sinhalese: ප්රධාන
- Slovak: vedúci
- Slovenian: načelnik
- Albanian: shefi
- Serbian: главни
- Sundanese: kapala
- Swedish: chief
- Swahili: mkuu
- Tamil: தலைமை
- Telugu: చీఫ్
- Tajik: сардовари
- Thai: หัวหน้า
- Tagalog: chief
- Turkish: şef
- Tatar: баш
- Udmurt: кутскон бам
- Ukrainian: головний
- Urdu: چیف
- Uzbek: bosh
- Vietnamese: chief
- Xhosa: oyintloko
- Yiddish: ראשי
- Chinese: 首席
Synonyms, close and similar words for chief
- manager
- leader
- chieftain
- main
- main thing
- central
- dominant
- cardinal
- capital
- primary
- arch
- staple
- headman
- supervisor
- master
- head
- foreman
- captain
- superintendent
- commander
- sovereign
- principal
- director
- core
- warden
- taskmaster
- supreme
- top
- high
- senior
- grand
- big
- chef
- jefe
- boss man
- honcho
- boss
- in chief
- foremost
- overriding
- predominant
- preeminent
- primal
- paramount
- first
- premier
- prime
- lead