POOH-BAHS Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

pooh-bahs

noun

variants also poo-bahs

plural of pooh-bah

as in heavyweights

one of high position or importance within a group an annual clambake that attracts political pooh-bahs from around the state

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Recent Examples of pooh-bahs Instead of improving classroom instruction, education pooh-bahs try to hide their failures by dumbing down standards. — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025

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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

Shooters have thrived in Campbell’s spacing due to how much attention point guards and bigs generate off the pick-and-roll.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of bigs

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

French jewelry maison Boucheron was founded in 1858 and built a legacy of adorning royals, stars and magnates in jewelry that combines precious, rare gems with equally ingenious designs.

— Tanya Dukes, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2026
The verdict cleared a legal cloud hanging over OpenAI's restructuring right as both magnates were steering their companies toward the public market.

— Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

Definition of magnates

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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

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