head honcho

English

Noun

head honcho (plural head honchos)

1. (informal) The person in charge; the highest-ranking person in an organization.

   The head honcho is hard to reach because they are too busy.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:big cheese
• big man
• big enchilada
• big kahuna
• bigwig
• big wheel
• grand poobah
• kingpin
• muckety muck
• numero uno
• top banana
• top dog
• top gun

Translations

Person in charge

• Finnish: kiho (fi)
• French: , patron (fr) m, grand chef m, grand manitou m
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• Russian: большая ши́шка (bolʹšaja šíška)
• Swedish: högsta höns n