KAHUNAS Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

kahunas

noun

plural of kahuna

as in bigs

one of high position or importance within a group a big kahuna at a Hollywood talent agency, he's got the fancy car to prove it

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Noun

The belief in Green Bay is the veteran bigs will give Love more time to throw.

— Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
That is a remarkable incentive, if not catnip, to send Condon to the bigs.

— Troy Renck, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Mehring’s characters include petty criminals, unscrupulous lawyers, Galician Jews, Freikorps heavies, local and international businessmen, Prussian generals, and the everyday citizens inhabiting the streets of Berlin’s old and rather dingy center.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
The album also features cameos by heavies from Gojira, Lamb of God, Queens of the Stone Age, and Clutch.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of heavies

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Dinner is an event at Pellico 3, the hotel’s gastronomy project, reconceptualised in 2022 and conducted by executive chef Guido Paternollo, who has worked under haute cuisine kings Enrico Bartolini and Alain Ducasse.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
The kingdom braces for the war on the horizon in this new Norse saga, as other Scandinavian kings and even an English king are drawn into the chaos.

— Mya Copeland, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

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