People and roles
Synonyms for chief
The synonym for chief recorded in this bank is leader, in the sense "the person in charge of a group; its leader". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for chief
- leadernoun, in the sense "the person in charge of a group; its leader"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for chief.
the person in charge of a group; its leader
The chief made every final decision for the tribe.
The true synonym
leader
Same sentence, swapped: The leader made every final decision for the tribe.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- follower
- subordinate
- servant
Where chief turns up in the game
chief is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where chief is the trap
- headnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is mind, in the sense "that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions", so chief is there to be ruled out.
Play chief
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so chief reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from people and roles at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. chief carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.