What is another word for chieftain?
1004 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ t͡ʃˈiːftən], [ tʃˈiːftən], [ tʃ_ˈiː_f_t_ə_n]
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Similar words for chieftain:
- boss (noun)
- captain (noun)
- chief (noun)
- emir (noun)
- head (noun)
- higher-up (noun)
- leader (noun)
- master (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- person (noun)
- politician (noun)
- potentate (noun)
- ringleader (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Chieftain:
n.
• boss (noun)- taskpersons,
- forepeople,
- helmers,
- fore-person,
- person charge,
- super visors,
- over-seers,
- super visor,
- fore persons,
- big persons,
- fore people,
- head honchos,
- forepersons,
- taskpeople,
- big people,
- over seers,
- over seer,
- top dogs,
- fore-people,
- super-visors,
- super-visor,
- fore person,
- fore-persons.
- head honcho,
- straw boss,
- chief,
- luminary,
- general,
- sovereign,
- manager,
- ruler,
- taskperson,
- supervisor,
- top brass,
- top dog,
- overseers,
- politician,
- counsellor,
- Dominator,
- suzerain,
- ringleader,
- doyen,
- over-seer,
- generals,
- lion,
- controller,
- four-striper,
- superintendent,
- doyens,
- orchestrators,
- officers,
- counsellors,
- orchestrator,
- key player,
- boss,
- dominators,
- CEOS,
- head person,
- leader,
- honcho,
- captain,
- big person,
- suzerains,
- pacesetter,
- person in charge,
- big guns,
- head,
- big gun,
- master,
- helmer,
- controllers,
- Operators,
- taskmistress,
- top cat,
- owner,
- foreperson.
Other synonyms:
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- point person,
- hierarch,
- power broker,
- oppressor,
- power structure,
- demagogue,
- dictator,
- employer,
- pied piper,
- tyrant,
- potentate,
- supremo,
- autocrat.
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- man.
- advocate,
- military officer,
- magnanimousness,
- king of beasts,
- drumhead,
- cycle,
- drive,
- interpreter,
- beau,
- loftiness,
- headway,
- female monarch,
- wind,
- schoolmaster,
- imposing,
- rule,
- royal house,
- fagot,
- pronounce,
- antique,
- regal,
- congressman,
- personnel,
- cheek,
- republican river,
- labor organizer,
- wheel around,
- cowcatcher,
- nail,
- sensation,
- clotheshorse,
- bike,
- initiator,
- pinch,
- noteworthy,
- consultant,
- prime minister,
- humankind,
- mavin,
- pm,
- very important person,
- superscript,
- tubercle,
- big enchilada,
- champion,
- don river,
- classless,
- penis,
- run,
- feat,
- corpus,
- zealot,
- numerate,
- equalitarian,
- premiere,
- coerce,
- ended,
- spear-point,
- male monarch,
- foretell,
- possessor,
- paladin,
- number 1,
- jacket crown,
- fancy woman,
- institution,
- speaker system,
- rack,
- supervisory program,
- round top,
- royal family,
- primary,
- party boss,
- fly,
- celebrated,
- pilot light,
- minister of religion,
- stateliness,
- column,
- trail,
- detonating device,
- mogul,
- kingbolt,
- contribute,
- caput,
- keystone,
- chancellor of the exchequer,
- enumerate,
- formation,
- film director,
- nous,
- manipulator,
- independent,
- sureness,
- aristocratical,
- extremity,
- breeze through,
- tabby,
- self-assurance,
- spearpoint,
- first-rate,
- wiz,
- roll,
- acme,
- actor,
- worldwide,
- pb,
- government minister,
- get over,
- organisation,
- consider,
- graybeard,
- milkweed butterfly,
- guardian,
- fender,
- advisor,
- sr.,
- channelise,
- human being,
- sweat,
- poor boy,
- fellow member,
- groundbreaker,
- martin luther king jr.,
- godhead,
- subdue,
- hood,
- dick,
- rhetorician,
- human race,
- courier,
- schoolmarm,
- swivel pin,
- swear,
- concluded,
- capital,
- oral sex,
- theater director,
- improve,
- depend,
- amend,
- exceedingly,
- headmaster,
- renowned,
- military unit,
- fourth-year,
- all over,
- majestic,
- personal digital assistant,
- go,
- direct,
- orchestrate,
- dada,
- pol,
- wizard,
- hold,
- governance,
- skip over,
- note,
- jacket,
- front,
- angiotensin converting enzyme,
- restrainer,
- president of the united states,
- exceed,
- public speaker,
- head up,
- enumeration,
- humanity,
- arranger,
- elderly,
- monarch butterfly,
- big top,
- tsar,
- repp,
- soften,
- archpriest,
- federal agency,
- commander-in-chief,
- announce,
- gentleman's gentleman,
- kept woman,
- death chair,
- dude,
- bomber,
- participant,
- guidebook,
- older,
- dealer,
- say-so,
- instigant,
- stopcock,
- ceiling,
- crusade,
- emperor moth,
- old-timer,
- first,
- straw man,
- jumper lead,
- military force,
- label,
- blue,
- greybeard,
- bank,
- brain,
- father,
- trouble maker,
- passkey,
- regulator,
- complete,
- crownwork,
- power station,
- functionary,
- higher-ranking,
- marshall,
- generalissimo,
- self-governing,
- emeer,
- fashion plate,
- drumbeater,
- capitulum,
- methuselah,
- manoeuvre,
- acclaim,
- roof,
- mind,
- riley b king,
- pilot film,
- sanction,
- grandeur,
- defender,
- supreme,
- force out,
- human,
- comptroller,
- emboss,
- meridian,
- result,
- gargantuan,
- maven,
- face,
- push,
- leo,
- extend,
- aristocracy,
- tone down,
- accountant,
- decamp,
- lead-in,
- handler,
- oldtimer,
- foreland,
- human beings,
- mainstay,
- lintel,
- principal sum,
- appendage,
- thrust,
- justice,
- tycoon,
- pecking order,
- hatchet man,
- backbone,
- tribal sheikh,
- sheikh,
- old boy,
- headpin,
- military man,
- crest,
- office,
- theatre director,
- tops,
- organise,
- lake superior,
- height,
- dandy,
- prexy,
- airplane pilot,
- main,
- conduct,
- placeholder,
- universal,
- lynchpin,
- transcend,
- hale,
- vanquisher,
- big deal,
- role player,
- fountainhead,
- ecesis,
- jurist,
- ruffle,
- power,
- governing body,
- far-famed,
- nerve,
- policeman,
- humans,
- rely,
- wagerer,
- absinthe,
- dominate,
- counsel,
- equal,
- cazique,
- personal organizer,
- straits,
- to a higher place,
- hirer,
- queen mole rat,
- o'er,
- famous,
- sub,
- star,
- confidential information,
- swell,
- take,
- genius,
- loss leader,
- organize,
- numeration,
- fag,
- firebrand,
- go past,
- hot seat,
- headspring,
- parson,
- i,
- topnotch,
- upside,
- mollify,
- stately,
- template,
- pileus,
- hop,
- mince,
- wedge,
- military personnel,
- bad hat,
- world,
- whale,
- pouf,
- overstep,
- big businessman,
- tribal sheik,
- gauge,
- sashay,
- skitter,
- head word,
- brainiac,
- sail through,
- crack,
- vassal,
- administrative official,
- schoolmistress,
- guess,
- putz,
- prime,
- skim,
- mobilise,
- enthusiast,
- authorization,
- presidential term,
- peak,
- superior general,
- manufacturer,
- voice,
- high priest,
- elderberry bush,
- guide on,
- color bearer,
- designate,
- spark advance,
- compeer,
- homo,
- tip,
- vamoose,
- executive director,
- jumper cable,
- open up,
- elevation,
- turncock,
- political leader,
- grinder,
- overcome,
- luik,
- temperate,
- single,
- archetype,
- professional,
- ball of fire,
- aviate,
- hold in,
- valet,
- pacer,
- gallant,
- chief of state,
- superordinate,
- warwick,
- music director,
- bet,
- exploit,
- top off,
- brag,
- powerbroker,
- loudspeaker system,
- common wormwood,
- swayer,
- attempt,
- storm,
- campaign,
- purple,
- track,
- contain,
- provoker,
- tether,
- preponderant,
- cover,
- ameliorate,
- circus tent,
- try,
- travail,
- leadership,
- prescribed,
- verbalizer,
- lieutenant,
- federal agent,
- top side,
- pressure,
- master key,
- poof,
- fop,
- pilot program,
- assume,
- conduce,
- moderationist,
- rabble-rouser,
- submarine sandwich,
- almighty,
- professorship,
- police officer,
- adept,
- congresswoman,
- god almighty,
- trumpeter,
- human dynamo,
- break,
- pathfinder,
- torpedo,
- annunciate,
- sweep through,
- confidence,
- divine,
- tally,
- evaluate,
- originator,
- administration,
- loudspeaker,
- assign,
- summon,
- materfamilias,
- reckon,
- queen regnant,
- meliorate,
- weigh,
- spinning top,
- royal line,
- memorial tablet,
- private instructor,
- remarkable,
- oecumenical,
- noted,
- hail,
- sheepman,
- reckoning,
- steering wheel,
- headland,
- partizan,
- dominance,
- speechmaker,
- booster cable,
- cause,
- movement,
- hoagy,
- fomenter,
- papa,
- aged,
- jumbo,
- fighter,
- channelize,
- best,
- predominate,
- wise man,
- giant star,
- authoritarian,
- fireball,
- atomic number 82,
- upper side,
- forefront,
- curb,
- original,
- aristocratic,
- ship's officer,
- autonomous,
- managing director,
- incumbent,
- whizz,
- victor,
- read/write head,
- paterfamilias,
- punter,
- pied piper of hamelin,
- number,
- clear,
- predominant,
- world-beater,
- matter,
- force-out,
- engineer,
- assurance,
- curate,
- piece,
- diplomatic minister,
- poove,
- top banana,
- constitution,
- behemoth,
- head teacher,
- leave,
- preponderating,
- musician,
- point,
- prelate,
- business leader,
- talker,
- heading,
- approximate,
- distinction,
- leading,
- school principal,
- mobilize,
- mankind,
- hoagie,
- tame,
- daddy,
- adult male,
- pilot burner,
- tower,
- stamp,
- shaft,
- innovator,
- elephantine,
- control,
- forelady,
- summit,
- pass with flying colors,
- maker,
- buffer,
- knob,
- serviceman,
- leash,
- surrogate,
- heron,
- one,
- roulette wheel,
- middle of the roader,
- agency,
- detonator,
- steer,
- top of the inning,
- shielder,
- deathly,
- mischief-maker,
- bettor,
- procurator,
- presidentship,
- usher,
- politico,
- social lion,
- depute,
- temper,
- manoeuver,
- gentleman,
- get the hang,
- lad's love,
- illustrious,
- factor,
- pappa,
- gentle,
- hammer,
- plaque,
- precede,
- pa,
- chapiter,
- submarine,
- virtuoso,
- counting,
- troubler,
- get into,
- speechifier,
- self-confidence,
- guiding light,
- prance,
- tzar,
- jump,
- a-one,
- evaluator,
- jehovah,
- restrained,
- noblesse,
- violence,
- phallus,
- promontory,
- maneuver,
- lead story,
- utterer,
- top-notch,
- zep,
- wear,
- tuberosity,
- force play,
- pass judgment,
- electric chair,
- isle of man,
- broker,
- speaker unit,
- high-muck-a-muck,
- bureau,
- air force officer,
- marquess,
- ameer,
- psyche,
- hulk,
- panjandrum,
- military group,
- hop-skip,
- trailblazer,
- strut,
- primate,
- squeeze,
- question,
- cut,
- prick,
- drawing card,
- templet,
- coping,
- front man,
- boldness,
- hero sandwich,
- old geezer,
- blue blood,
- bound off,
- faggot,
- colossus,
- predecessor,
- elbow grease,
- passe-partout,
- sheepherder,
- potency,
- scout,
- 1,
- whirligig,
- ram,
- swagger,
- executive program,
- pedal,
- extremely,
- strength,
- draw,
- example,
- pass over,
- angiotensin-converting enzyme,
- pecker,
- emperor butterfly,
- royal stag,
- match,
- thespian,
- titan,
- validation,
- omission,
- illustration,
- superlative,
- centrist,
- pleader,
- check,
- put on,
- deputy sheriff,
- above,
- rooster,
- hustler,
- brass instrument,
- einstein,
- verbaliser,
- overriding,
- pencil lead,
- ranking,
- goliath,
- in a higher place,
- endeavor,
- pansy,
- initiate,
- nance,
- calculate,
- instrumentalist,
- educator,
- decision maker,
- feudatory,
- government agency,
- conceiver,
- agentive role,
- full general,
- pop,
- cosmopolitan,
- high-up,
- terminated,
- master copy,
- creator,
- preeminence,
- monster,
- exertion,
- liegeman,
- nominal head,
- blue-blooded,
- forcefulness,
- season,
- wheeler dealer,
- anchor,
- lawgiver,
- vip,
- pacemaker,
- teetotum,
- endeavour,
- cope,
- pass,
- fairy,
- political boss,
- top executive,
- demagog,
- navigate,
- pinnacle,
- authorisation,
- superstar,
- strawman,
- organization,
- coach,
- queer,
- whiz,
- instance,
- impel,
- baronial,
- antecedent,
- unity,
- tool,
- pastor,
- ecumenical,
- adjudicate,
- assistant foreman,
- imperial,
- power plant,
- brass section,
- seignior,
- surmount,
- hotshot,
- crown,
- liege subject,
- bicycle,
- tiptop,
- effect,
- counselor-at-law,
- look,
- estimate,
- hint.
- anointed king,
- maestro,
- cacique,
- big White Chief,
- Imperator,
- overseer,
- monarch,
- big boss,
- sirdar,
- conductor,
- head waiter,
- chairman,
- pooh-bah,
- prince,
- gaffer,
- royalty,
- big wheel,
- Tetrarch,
- big Chief,
- lord paramount,
- king,
- senior pilot,
- sagamore,
- bellwether,
- kinglet,
- superior,
- warrior,
- sachem,
- foreman,
- royal,
- hero,
- pendragon,
- super,
- numero uno,
- crowned head,
- dynast,
- police chief,
- taskmaster,
- grand duke,
- higher-up,
- principal,
- majesty,
- sea captain,
- commander in chief,
- padrone,
- headwaiter,
- skipper,
- header,
- gov.,
- paramount,
- chairperson,
- big cheese,
- big Daddy,
- senior,
- chief honcho,
- prince consort,
- big fish,
- king-emperor,
- administrator,
- kingpin,
- chairwoman,
- overlord,
- number one,
- bossman,
- police captain,
- guide,
- the man,
- commander,
- chairlady,
- cock,
- headsman,
- emperor,
- protector,
- lord.
How to use "Chieftain" in context?
The word "chieftain" is derived from the Old Norse word "kjálfatni", which means "to lead by authority." In England, the rank of captain was used to describe the leader of a column of men in the army during the Middle Ages. In Scotland, the word "chieftain" was used to describe the head of a clan.
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chiefs.
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ringleader.
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Hyponym for Chieftain:
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