numero uno
numero uno noun: the most important of a group.
Noun
numero uno (plural numero unos)
- The most important of a group.
- Our internal airwaves are priority numero uno. Good news? You’re the spin master; you’re in charge.2023 November 14, Beth Romero, “Be a Weeble”, in Happy AF: Simple Strategies to Get Unstuck, Bounce Back, and Live Your Best Life, Berkeley, Calif.: She Writes Press, →ISBN, chapter 1 (The Art of...
- Synonyms:
- baron, big cheese, big enchilada, big gun, big kahuna, big man, big name, big noise, big shot, bigwig
- Oneself, especially one’s own interests.
- In his business ventures, he always looks after numero uno.
Synonyms of numero uno
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- big wheel
- boss
- grand poobah
- head honcho
- 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
- panjandrum
- poobah
- rooster
- somebody
- top banana
- top boy
- top cat
- top dog
- top gun
- very important person
- VIP
- wheel
Forms of numero uno
| plural | numero unos |
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Origin of numero uno
From either Spanish número uno or Italian numero uno. Piecewise doublet of number one.
Questions about numero uno
- What does numero uno mean?
- Numero uno means the most important of a group.
- What part of speech is numero uno?
- Numero uno is a noun.
- What is the plural of numero uno?
- The plural of numero uno is numero unos.
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