Chief and Part

Chief

Chief noun - The main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts.
Usage example: the chief of the estate was left to the eldest son

Part is an antonym for chief.

Nearby Word: chiefly

Part

Part noun - One of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled.

Chief is an antonym for part.

Nearby Words: partially, partly

How words are described

actual actual chief actual part
real real chief real part
little little chief little part
bad bad chief bad part
Other adjectives: main, new, later, worst, next, last, northern.

Both words in one sentence

  • Two-Keyed Lock There's also a two-part code, each part memorized by DARPA chief Donald Anderson and ArmsTech president Kenneth Baker, respectively.
  • Chief Engineer Torres (who was Klingon, female and half Hispanic), Kes and Seven of Nine are all part of the main cast, and are stationed on the bridge for part of the time.
  • Played with in Against the Tide of Years, when Marian Alston and Swindapa, a married lesbian couple, visit a war chief and are offered a woman as part of the Sacred Hospitality.
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