Chief
Chief noun - The main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts.
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
Nearby Words: zeroed, zeroing
How words are described
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.
Source: Western Animation / Dino-Boy - 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 -
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.
Source: Film / Demolition Man
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Zero and Chief. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/chief/zero
Chief & Zero. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/chief/zero>.
Zero or Chief. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/chief/zero.
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