- Chief Woods adopts secret modus operandi - First in importance - First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or
dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.
- First in importance - First in order of importance - Headmaster - Main - Most important to have a leader at school - School head - Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or
degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal
officers of a Government; the principal men of a state; the principal
productions of a country; the principal arguments in a case.
- Centre of government - Chattel - Leading city - Main city - Metropolis - Money invested in Paris or London - Money to be invested in Washington, for example