Chief and Zero

Chief

Chief noun - The main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts.

Zero is an antonym for chief.

Nearby Word: chiefly

Zero

Zero noun - A person of no importance or influence.
Usage example: those snobs on the cruise ship tried to make me feel like a complete zero

Chief is an antonym for zero.

Nearby Words: zeroed, zeroing

How words are described

old old chief old zero
complete complete chief complete zero
current current chief current zero
original original chief original zero
Other adjectives: many, dead, actual, real, bad, villainous, main, famous, new, former, mysterious, several, aforementioned.

Both words in one sentence

  • Would Hurt a Child: The Chief of the Sabretooth people has zero problem offering to feed Dino Boy and a young baby up to a real flesh and blood sabretooth because they are too young to be slaves.
  • People outside of Japan have pegged Lucy's birth date as July 1 due to promotional text written by the editor-in-chief at Weekly Shonen Magazine with absolutely zero input from Mashima, who never revealed any of the characters' birthdays.
    Source: Word of Dante
  • Film / Demolition Man When the police are out of leads on where to find Phoenix, Chief Earle's plan is to simply wait until the next MurderDeathKill and zero in on that, leading Spartan to sarcastically remark "Nice plan." Nobody gets it, save for Lenina, who snickers.
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Zero and Chief. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/chief/zero
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Zero or Chief. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/chief/zero.
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