chef

Meaning

1. head
2. article, principal point
3. principal motive, charge, count of indictment
4. chief; top third of a coat of arms

Concepts

chief

leader

boss

head

chef

chieftain

manager

cook

foreman

headman

director

ringleader

master

commander

gaffer

captain

conductor

superintendent

king

traditional chief

hereditary chief

honcho

ruler

head cook

chairman

chairperson

commanding officer

cranium

capo

chief accountant

head accountant

Wing Commander

chief of staff

supreme pontiff

bishop of Rome

head of department

chief guard

pope

sovereign pontiff

vicar of Christ

person in charge

responsible official

Prime Minister

superior authorities

book

volume

leading power

admiral

general

chiefs

leaders

leadership

chief officer

skipper

superior

mayor

hogon

president

bigwig

first-

main

primary

principal

drawing card

loss leader

point

headway

forefront

hirer

top dog

tribal chief

Captain Cook

Captain James Cook

Cook

James Cook

guv

overseer

chair

line manager

supervisor

headmaster

schoolmaster

secretary-general

ganger

postmaster

cacique

seniority

authority

bellwether

caudillo

fuhrer

mastermind

tribune

big kahuna

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃɛf/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French chief, from Old French chief, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Italic *kaput, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput-. Doublet of cap.