HONCHOS Synonyms: 120 Similar and Opposite Words

honchos

noun

plural of honcho

as in heavyweights

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 leaders

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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Noun

In August 2025, Leading the Future launched with more than $100 million in commitments from tech heavyweights including Andreessen Horowitz, OpenAI President Greg Brockman and his wife, Anna, and Perplexity and Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
The two acting heavyweights had never worked together until these two shows.

— Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of heavyweights

Noun

The countries that do this well engage community leaders, religious leaders, and other respected figures to be part of the vaccination team.

— Raj Panjabi, STAT, 21 Oct. 2026
The horror leaders argued non-traditional horror directors like Parsons and Barker had come out of YouTube to offer fresh, new voices and innovation to the fright-night medium for Gen Z movie-goers.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of leaders

Noun

When Ott was in Cleveland, the system often had just one shooting outlet on most plays, relying on the guards’ floater games and the bigs’ vertical spacing over the top.

— Jared Weiss, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
That is a remarkable incentive, if not catnip, to send Condon to the bigs.

— Troy Renck, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of bigs

Noun

In other instances, loan officers are being pressured by their bosses to convince people to refi.

— Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
That dustup is typically followed by a defense in Puck’s media newsletter, the reflexively anti-rank-and-file outlet where some media bosses and spokespeople go to air grievances about their unruly staff.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of bosses

Noun

Mehring’s characters include petty criminals, unscrupulous lawyers, Galician Jews, Freikorps heavies, local and international businessmen, Prussian generals, and the everyday citizens inhabiting the streets of Berlin’s old and rather dingy center.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
The album also features cameos by heavies from Gojira, Lamb of God, Queens of the Stone Age, and Clutch.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of heavies

Noun

Customers were very important; workers, foremen.

— Michael Kilian, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
For years after that, TCU alums who had served as Ranch Week foremen or queen would proudly include it on resumes, in professional biographies or when running for office.

— Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025

Definition of foremen

Noun

To the average investor, the bond markets may seem like a concern better left to Wall Street bigwigs.

— Personal Finance, TheWeek, 30 Sep. 2026
The idea, according to officials, would bring $500 million to the city’s coffers annually, paid primarily by bigwigs who get to enjoy city life but don’t pay city income taxes.

— Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of bigwigs

Noun

Throughout that year, as Israelis poured into the streets to protest Netanyahu's far-right government and its plan to weaken the judiciary, Netanyahu's security chiefs warned that regional enemies could take advantage of the turmoil to attack.

— Daniel Estrin, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
During a meeting with his army chiefs last week, Putin said Russian forces were on the offensive along the entire front line.

— Anastasiia Parafeniuk, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026

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