Chief and First

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Chief adjective - Coming before all others in importance.

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

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First is a synonym for chief in comparison topic. In some cases you can use "First" instead the word "Chief" as an adjective or a noun, when it comes to topics like principal, main, important, essential.

Nearby Word: chiefly

First adjective - Coming before all others in importance.

Usage example: there are a number of reasons we can't go, but the first is that we don't have the money

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Chief is a synonym for first in foremost topic. You can use "Chief" instead the word "First" as an adjective or a noun, if it concerns topics such as characteristic, comparison, principal, main.

Nearby Word: firstly

female	female chief	female first
high	high chief	high first
complete	complete chief	complete first
rival	rival chief	rival first
Other adjectives: original, dead, little, bad, black, main, new, former, last.

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