head honcho
head honcho noun: the person in charge; the highest-ranking person in an organization.
Noun
head honcho (plural head honchos)
- The person in charge; the highest-ranking person in an organization.
- The head honcho is hard to reach because they are too busy.
- As if being head honcho of the Grand Royal empire wasn't demanding enough, Mike D has his own personal business interests, namely the X-Large clothing company he started with two friends, and X-Large's boutiques (in New York, San Francisco and LA, where the Beasties are now based).2007, Simon Reynolds, Bring the Noise, Soft Skull Press, published 2011, →ISBN, page 182
- Synonyms:
- big man, big enchilada, grand poobah, baron, big cheese, big gun, big kahuna, big name, big noise, big shot
Synonyms of head honcho
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- bigwig
- big wheel
- boss
- heavy hitter
- heavyweight
- high muckamuck
- high muckety-muck
- king of all one surveys
- king of the castle
- king of the hill
- kingpin
- macher
- mayor
- muckamuck
- muckety muck
- mugwump
- numero uno
- panjandrum
- poobah
- rooster
- somebody
- top banana
- top boy
- top cat
- top dog
- top gun
- very important person
- VIP
- wheel
Forms of head honcho
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Questions about head honcho
- What does head honcho mean?
- Head honcho means the person in charge; the highest-ranking person in an organization.
- What part of speech is head honcho?
- Head honcho is a noun.
- What is the plural of head honcho?
- The plural of head honcho is head honchos.
Words near head honcho in the dictionary
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