POOH-BAHS Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

pooh-bahs

noun

variants also poo-bahs

plural of pooh-bah

as in heavyweights

one of high position or importance within a group an annual clambake that attracts political pooh-bahs from around the state

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Recent Examples of pooh-bahs Instead of improving classroom instruction, education pooh-bahs try to hide their failures by dumbing down standards. — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025

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With heavyweights like Alphabet , Tesla , and Intel reporting earnings this week, the entire tech sector is about to make a massive move.

— Nishant Pant, CNBC, 21 July 2026
Furthermore, Interlune has locked in nearly $500 million in binding future purchase agreements from quantum cooling heavyweights Bluefors and Maybell Quantum.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026

Definition of heavyweights

Noun

Plus, if Seattle wants to move Magbegor to create space for the young bigs, then other teams will know the Storm are doing so from a position of weakness.

— Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Data show those players have about an 11% chance to reach the bigs (compared to about 81% for those picked in the first round).

— Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026

Definition of bigs

Noun

In any year, in any culture, there are no antagonists (save for Nazis) better suited as action cinema heavies; rooting against child trafficking lowlifes is moral, easy, and best of all, a completely guiltless pleasure.

— Andy Crump, IndieWire, 15 June 2026
However, on season 2 of Twin Peaks, the actress played Miss Jones, the right-hand woman for one of the series' heavies, Thomas Eckhardt (the late David Warner).

— Drew Mackie, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026

Definition of heavies

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However, after impressing bigwigs at Universal with his short film Amblin’, Spielberg put his education aside in 1968 to pursue filmmaking.

— Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
Several members of the cast and writer’s room, including Dippold and co-star Jeff Hiller, got their start with the Upright Citizens Brigade, an improvisational sketch-comedy group founded by comedy bigwigs like Amy Poehler and Adam McKay.

— Josef Adalian, Vulture, 29 June 2026

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