Chief and Secondary

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Chief

Chief adjective - Coming before all others in importance.
Usage example: our chief priority this year will be cutting the budget
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Secondary is an antonym for chief in essential topic.
Nearby Word: chiefly

Secondary

Secondary adjective - Taken or created from something original or basic.
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Chief is an antonym for secondary in topics: subordinate, derivative.
Nearby Words: second, secondarily
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  • Stop Motion The web series Arby 'n' the Chief uses Halo figurines to represent the titular characters and some secondary characters.
    Source: Stop Motion
  • Manga / The Comic Artist and His Assistants Pragmatic Adaptation: The anime is this, focusing entirely on Aito, his assistants (Ashizu, Rina, and Sena), and Mihari, while cutting out most of the secondary cast barring the chief editor and Bra-nyaa.
    Source: Manga / The Comic Artist and His Assistants
  • The Dragon - Chief McBrusque, who seems like a brute, but is a corrupt cop in a position of authority, and the secondary yet most active antagonist.
    Source: Five Bad Band / Film
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Secondary or Chief. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/chief/secondary.

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