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chief

How many syllables in chief?

  1 syllable

Divide chief into syllables:   chief
Syllable stress:   chief
How to pronounce chief:   cheef
How to say chief:

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Synonyms for chief


1 syllable
  • first
  • lead
  • prime
  • head
  • main
  • top
2 syllables
  • basic
  • captain
  • chieftain
  • highest
  • leader
  • major
  • senior
  • staple
  • utmost
  • biggest
  • central
  • foremost
  • largest
  • leading
  • premier
  • skipper
  • topmost
3 syllables
4 syllables
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What rhymes with chief

1 syllable
  • beef
  • fief
  • kef
  • leaf
  • reef
  • seif
  • thief
  • brief
  • grief
  • kief
  • lief
  • reif
  • sheaf
2 syllables
  • belief
  • keef
  • motif
  • relief
  • sharif
  • debrief
  • massif
  • O'Keeffe
  • rief
3 syllables
    4 syllables
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