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as in heavyweight
one of high position or importance within a group
the office was all abuzz because some honchos from corporate headquarters were coming for a visit
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as in boss
the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do
he's definitely the head honcho in that company
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Recent Examples of honcho
Some fans took Drake’s fashion choices as symbolic, with the OVO honcho rocking a hoodie riddled with holes across it.
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Michael Saponara, Billboard, 4 Feb. 2025
Some thought the Californian, who resides in Phoenix, likes the Giants, but it's been three weeks since new Giants honcho Buster Posey met with Burnes' agent, Scott Boras.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Caroline Stern, Canoe Film’s honcho and long-time collaborator to Ēkis, said the series perfectly fits her company’s profile.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
The rest of the Minions are placed under the protection of AVL honcho Silas (Steve Coogan) at AVL headquarters.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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Michael Saponara, Billboard, 4 Feb. 2025
Some thought the Californian, who resides in Phoenix, likes the Giants, but it's been three weeks since new Giants honcho Buster Posey met with Burnes' agent, Scott Boras.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Caroline Stern, Canoe Film’s honcho and long-time collaborator to Ēkis, said the series perfectly fits her company’s profile.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
The rest of the Minions are placed under the protection of AVL honcho Silas (Steve Coogan) at AVL headquarters.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for honcho
Noun
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That was just a completely different life, and Lisa was also my boss.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
29 Apr. 2025
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My boss tried to take full credit during the meeting.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Harry heads back to the yard, where a group of Kevin's Czechoslovakian hired heavies are preparing for war.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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On Twin Peaks, Strong plays Jones, the right-hand woman for one of the series’ heavies.—
Drew Mackie,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Other world leaders in attendance included include UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Britain's Prince William, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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Taking to his social media platform, Truth Social, on Thursday, April 24, Trump called out Russia’s leader over a deadly attack on Kyiv, Ukraine.—
Olivia-Anne Cleary,
Time,
26 Apr. 2025
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The Pistons have used a combination of wings (Tobias Harris, Malik Beasley, Tim Hardaway Jr.) and bigs (Jalen Duren and Isaiah Stewart, who sat Game 2 due to injury) to show Towns different looks on the defensive end.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2025
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After officials told Green to lay off the physicality – and the veteran big vociferously argued – the two went right back to jostling.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2025
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One, the foreman, is a gentleman who was born in the Dominican Republic and came to NYC in 1996.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2025
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Ben Ross had originally worked as a timber foreman under his enslaver, Anthony Thompson, a wealthy landowner in the county.—
Ella Jeffries,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Mar. 2025
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Around the same time, Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff, a real estate magnate who has been heavily involved in the negotiations with Russia, mused about the possibilities for U.S.-Russian collaboration in an interview with the commentator Tucker Carlson.—
Stacie E. Goddard,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Zuckerberg, who was recently revealed as the buyer of a $23 million mansion with a 10-minute commute to the White House, is but the latest of the Silicon Valley magnates flocking to the area’s high-end homes, making ripples in the luxury real estate market as well as in politics.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Her white boss, Border Patrol senior chief Ed Henry (Terry Serpico), is in cahoots with white ranch owner Tom Spenser (Bruce Greenwood), who with Henry’s help is trafficking cocaine and abducted people over the border.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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Fredrick Pugh, chief of response, Sector St. Petersburg, said in a statement on Monday.—
Darren Reynolds,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2025
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Join 13 others in the comments View Comments Apart from more details on the reserve, industry bigwigs (who’ve long complained that the Biden administration was strangling crypto) are looking forward to some basic regulatory guidance.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN,
7 Mar. 2025
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With that in mind, backing new filmmakers with wild projects and bucking the kind of risk aversion that seems to govern modern Hollywood comes down to intuition — and maybe pissing off a few industry bigwigs along the way.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Honcho.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honcho. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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