Ancillary and Chief

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Ancillary adjective - Furnishing added support.

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Chief is an antonym for ancillary in supplementary topic.

Chief adjective - Highest in rank or authority.

Usage example: the chief administrator will be retiring soon

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Ancillary is an antonym for chief.

Nearby Word: chiefly

The Consigliere: In most armies the position of a commander's chief of staff was very much his subordinate and his tasks could be described as ancillary - thus some historians have described the position of Marshal Berthier, Napoleon's chief of the general staff, as that of "a glorified clerk".

Source: Useful Notes / The Napoleonic Wars

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