Chief, a.
- 1. Leading, headmost, first, supreme, most eminent.
- 2. Principal, main, prime, vital, essential, capital, especial, great, grand, cardinal, master, supreme, paramount,
grand, most important.
Chief, n.
- 1. Chieftain, commander.
- 2. Leader, head, corypheus, principal person.
Chiefly, ad.
- 1. Principally, eminently, mainly, especially, particularly, above all.
- 2. Mostly, for the most part.
Chieftain, n. Leader (of a clan or of troops), chief, commander, captain.
Chiffonnier, n. [Fr.]
- 1. Side-board, cabinet.
- 2. Rag-picker.
Chigoe, n. See chigre.
Chigre, n. (Ent.) Jigger, chigoe (Pulex penetrans).
Child, [pl. Children.]
- 1. Infant, babe, baby, nursling, suckling, chit, brat, bantling, bairn, little one.
- 2. Young person.
- 3. Offspring, issue, progeny.
Child-bearing, n. See childbirth.
Childbed, n. Parturition. See childbirth.
Childbirth, n. Parturition, delivery, travail, labor, childbed, child-bearing.
Childhood, n. Infancy, minority, pupilage, non-age.