PANJANDRUM Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

panjandrum

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Definition of panjandrum

as in nabob

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Recent Examples of panjandrum The president’s bellowing recitation of his accomplishments served as a vivid reminder of the bullet so recently deflected by Nancy Pelosi and her ruthless fellow Democratic Party panjandrums by hustling the would-be nominee into political oblivion. — Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024 Bamford, while cutting in and out of the lives of Hollywood’s panjandrums, takes us to Pyongyang, where Kim’s minions are stealing money and cryptocurrency while wreaking havoc on computer systems around the world. — Tim Weiner, The New Republic, 27 Mar. 2023 The posh, wild-bearded panjandrum of the anti-aging movement, de Grey was born in London in 1963. — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 The industry’s panjandrums insist that a new culture of compliance will make FDA site closures a thing of the past. — The Economist, 22 Mar. 2018 The forum, for its part, will drum up support for the venture among the world’s panjandrums—and with luck some dosh as well. — The Economist, 23 Jan. 2018

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Noun

Netflix execs no doubt long ago figured out how to tune out the nattering nabobs of negativism, understanding that such scrutiny — from both consumers and the press — is the unavoidable by-product of success.

— Josef Adalian, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
But all the nattering nabobs of negativism who’d normally have been concentrating on Maura’s catastrophic first term had to devote at least a little attention to recounting one of the Wu Klux Klan’s more embarrassing moments of 2025.

— Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 21 Jan. 2026

Definition of nabob

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So far, though, there’s little sign of job displacement on the scale that the two tech barons predicted.

— John Cassidy, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
The camp, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this summer, was built on land formerly owned by Isaac Staples, a prominent 19th-century Stillwater lumber baron and industrialist.

— Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of baron

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Kerry is married to lawyer Billy Macon (Jason Ritter), whose father, William (Garret Dillahunt), is a local bigwig, with a cowboy militia and a wife, Zoe (Poorna Jagannathan), who possibly not coincidentally meets John in a bar.

— Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
The idea, according to officials, would bring $500 million to the city’s coffers annually, paid primarily by bigwigs who get to enjoy city life but don’t pay city income taxes.

— Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026

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The mogul will launch Oprah Winfrey’s AHA from April 2-4, 2027 at the immersive venue that’s played host to residencies from the Eagles, Dead & Company, No Doubt and more.

— Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
Still, its criticism of AI and robotics has been interpreted as a jab at the tech mogul, whose businesses include Tesla and the artificial intelligence company xAI, which developed the chatbot Grok.

— Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of mogul

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Edu’s position at Forest had also encompassed the other clubs across the football empire of owner and Greek shipping magnate Evangelos Marinakis, namely Greek side Olympiacos and Portuguese outfit Rio Ave.

— Colin Millar, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Isabelle Fuhrman plays a visionary computer scientist who gets tapped by a tech magnate (Dennis Quaid) to work on a device developed to communicate with aliens.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026

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Lukas Dhont’s war drama Coward, yet another Cannes entry (the festival’s pre-eminence in this category continues), is another that critics are high on.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026
Three extraordinary new books, published this year, shed light on the brilliance and complexity of Morrison’s life and work, and place her as an American eminence, a visionary who saw fiction as a means through which to recast her country’s story.

— Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

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