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Honcho

/ˈhɒn.tʃəʊ/

Boss, leader

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📖 Definitions of "Honcho"

noun

1
Boss, leader

verb

1
To lead or manage.

🔄 Synonyms of "Honcho"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
gaffernoun	(film) A chief lighting technician for a motion-picture or television production.
foremannoun	(management) The leader of a work crew.
bossnoun	A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
chiefnoun	The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Honcho"

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Word	Definition
bossnoun	A person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
chiefnoun	The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.
foremannoun	(management) The leader of a work crew.
gaffernoun	(film) A chief lighting technician for a motion-picture or television production.
leadernoun	Any person who leads or directs.
ceonoun	(countable, business) Initialism of chief executive officer. [(business) The highest-ranking corporate officer or executive officer of a corporation, company, or agency, responsible for carrying out the policies of the board of directors on a day-to-day basis; CEO.]
head honchonoun	(informal) The person in charge; the highest-ranking person in an organization.
jefenoun	A boss in a business, company, or other organization.
capataznoun	boss, foreman, overseer
bossmannoun	(often mildly derogatory) A male boss or employer.
governornoun	(politics) The chief executive officer of a first-level administrative division of a country.
leadmannoun	The male leader of a group of workers, who reports to a supervisor.
overchiefnoun	A higher-ranking chief; a leader of several chiefs.
leadnoun	(uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
captainnoun	The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
sachemnoun	A chief of one or several Native American tribe(s), especially of the Algonquians; a sagamore.
caudillonoun	A leader.
mandornoun	(Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia) A workman who oversees others in a factory or a plantation, typically an oil palm or rubber estate.
headmannoun	(informal, rare, chiefly India) headmaster
majordomonoun	(chiefly US) Any overseer, organizer, person in command.