big kahuna
big kahuna noun: a boss, leader, chieftain, or top-ranking person in an organization.
Noun
big kahuna (plural big kahunas)
- A boss, leader, chieftain, or top-ranking person in an organization.
- You'll have to talk with the big kahuna to get a decision on that.
- Synonyms:
- important person, big cheese, big enchilada, bigwig, big wheel, grand poobah, head honcho, kingpin, muckety muck, top banana
big kahuna meaning in Bengali
big kahuna in Bengali
- কোনো প্রতিষ্ঠানের একজন বস, নেতা, প্রধান, উচ্চপদস্থ ব্যক্তি
Synonyms of big kahuna
- important person
- big cheese
- big enchilada
- bigwig
- big wheel
- grand poobah
- head honcho
- kingpin
- muckety muck
- top banana
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Forms of big kahuna
| plural | big kahunas |
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Origin of big kahuna
Borrowed from Hawaiian word kahuna (“a shaman or wizard”).
Questions about big kahuna
- What does big kahuna mean?
- Big kahuna means a boss, leader, chieftain, or top-ranking person in an organization.
- What is big kahuna in Bengali?
- Big kahuna in Bengali is কোনো প্রতিষ্ঠানের একজন বস, নেতা, প্রধান. See Big kahuna meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is big kahuna?
- Big kahuna is a noun.
- What is the plural of big kahuna?
- The plural of big kahuna is big kahunas.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: big kahuna (page history and authors); big kahuna (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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