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Synonyms & Antonyms of kingfish
one of high position or importance within a group
- as a kingfish in the state's political circles, he was accustomed to being courted by presidential hopefuls
Synonyms for kingfish
- 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),
- honcho,
- kahuna,
- 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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The first known use of kingfish was in 1815
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