head honcho
9
6.3
- noun
- /hɛd ˈhɒntʃoʊ/
- Slang
:
jefe
- Darren Rowse is the head honcho there, and he does a fantastic job bringing info, tips, and jobs to bloggers.
- the big head honcho
- the new head honcho
Frank, the head honcho goes down.
- Frank, the head honcho goes down.
- Astrid's career all of a sudden now, now, now a head honcho in the porn industry.
- Head leader of the Native American tracks like the head honcho.
Examples
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I want to speak to the head honcho here about the new project.
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- You the head honcho around here, right?
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We go right to the head honcho.
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The kid's gonna be the new head honcho.
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Tell the head honcho I'm going to the place across the street.
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- Who's the head honcho here?
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Let me ask you this, Freddie, how's the new head honcho?
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He's the head honcho.
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The meeting was rescheduled because the head honcho couldn't attend.
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During the annual conference, the head honcho presented the company's future plans.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A person who guides and directs a group, organization, or country
∞
1.9
A person who leads a group or community
∞
1.0
A person in charge of a group or workers
∞
3.6
A person in charge of a group who gives orders and leads them
∞
2.2
A person who is in charge of a group or organization
768
2.6
The senior leader of a university who manages the school's work and staff
678
3.5
A person who leads a company and makes its big decisions
166
6.0
A person who manages an organization or its department, often in police and schools
91
3.9
A person who is important and powerful in a job or field
37
3.8
An important person who is treated as successful or powerful
34
3.6
A person who leads a company and makes its main decisions
33
7.0
The most important person who controls a group or activity
22
6.9
An important person with power in a company or group
21
4.6
A person with the most power in a group
20
8.9
A person in charge of a team or project
20
3.0
A person who leads a department in a company or school
15
3.5
A person who leads a meeting, committee, or organization
15
8.0
A senior official in government or the police who leads a region
14
3.6
An important person in a group or organization who has power
9
5.1
An important person with power in a company or field
8
5.3
A person who is very important in a group or company
4
9.9
The person in charge of a group or organization
3
5.0
A person leading a movement or attack
3
8.4
A person who is the most important leader in a group or organization
2
8.4
A person who leads and gives orders to others, often in Spanish-speaking countries
2
7.3
A man who leads a village or tribe and makes decisions for the group
1
3.2
A person who leads a school and is responsible for its teachers and students
1
6.0
A powerful party leader who controls votes and gives government jobs
1
8.6
An important person with power in a group or area
1
9.9
A person who has a high position in a church or other group
1
5.6
An important person who has a lot of power in a group
1
8.9
An important person in charge who people call jokingly
1
7.9
A person in charge whom people jokingly call very important
1
8.0
A senior officer who works at headquarters and makes important decisions
1
3.6
A person who leads a team working on a particular task
A person who leads a team and makes most decisions
Antonyms
How Senior
- Slang
9
6.3
- Formal
77
5.5
∞
1.0
424
3.0
∞
1.6
346
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Both constituents explicitly denote a leader ('head' = person who leads; 'honcho' = informal leader), so the combined phrase redundantly signals 'the person in charge' and its meaning is directly derivable from the parts. Although colloquial, the composition is transparent and a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun head honcho may come from the Japanese word 'hancho' that US soldiers used after World War II to mean a small group leader. People later added the English word head before honcho to show the very top person, so it now means 'the person in charge'.