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TOP DOG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who is in charge
Example:
the head of the whole operation
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("top dog" is a kind of...):
leader (a person who rules or guides or inspires others)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "top dog"):
administrator; executive (someone who manages a government agency or department)
administrator; decision maker (someone who administers a business)
capo (the head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate)
department head (the head of a department)
don; father (the head of an organized crime family)
general; superior general (the head of a religious order or congregation)
general manager (the highest ranking manager)
grand dragon (a high ranking person in the Ku Klux Klan)
head of household (the head of a household or family or tribe)
secretary (a person who is head of an administrative department of government)
