Synonyms for "poobah" (24 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Noun(5 words)

master of the universebaronbig cheesebig daddybig enchilada

Strong matches (7)

Noun(6 words)

big gunbig namebig shotbig wheelbigwiggrand fromage

grand fromage

Related words (12)

Noun(12 words)

grand vizierhead honchoimportant personking of the hillkingpinmachermuckamuckmuckety muckmugwumpnumero unotop bananatop gun

Related word relations

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5 relation types

Related terms

3 entries

dual mandatenabobtycoon

derived

1 entries

grand poobah

derived from

2 entries

bahpooh

etymologically related_to

2 entries

pishtush

related to

4 entries

dual mandatemultipleofficeposition

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

‘I said pooh-pooh,’ Duxmann Pooh Bah said.

Source: wiktionary

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