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1
one of high position or importance within a group
- the office was all abuzz because some honchos from corporate headquarters were coming for a visit
Synonyms for honcho
- big,
- big boy,
- big cheese,
- big gun,
- big leaguer,
- big shot,
- big wheel,
- big-timer,
- bigfoot,
- biggie,
- bigwig,
- fat cat,
- heavy,
- heavy hitter,
- heavyweight,
- high-muck-a-muck
- (or high-muckety-muck),
- kahuna,
- kingfish,
- kingpin,
- major leaguer,
- muckety-muck
- (also muck-a-muck or mucky-muck),
- nabob,
- nawab,
- nibs,
- nob
- [chiefly British],
- pooh-bah
- (also poo-bah),
- wheel
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2
the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do
- he's definitely the head honcho in that company
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17 English Words that Come From Japanese
17 English Words that Come From Japanese
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“Honcho.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honcho. Accessed 18 Sep. 2020.
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The first known use of honcho was in 1945
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