Big and Chief

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Big adjective - Coming before all others in importance.

Usage example: the big story that year was the assassination of the president

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Chief and big are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Chief" instead the word "Big" as an adjective or a noun.

Nearby Word: bigness

Chief adjective - Coming before all others in importance.

Usage example: our chief priority this year will be cutting the budget

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Big and chief are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Big" instead the word "Chief" as an adjective or a noun.

Nearby Word: chiefly

Big Bad: Vladimir Pushkin, who actually spends most of the movie as a Greater Scope Villain, while his chief enforcer Teddy has a lot more screen time, making Teddy a Dragon-in-Chief.

Source: Film / The Equalizer
Big Brother is Employing You: Though you represent the governance of a school rather than a nation, you're still essentially the (easily expendable) chief of the secret police.

Source: Video Game / Black Closet
Walking Spoilers: AJ and Trish are big ones, but Stephanie McMahon-McIntyre is the chief one.

Source: Machinima / WWEOTE

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