pooh-bah

pooh–bah

noun, often capitalized P&B \ˈpü-ˌbä, -ˌbȯ\

Definition of POOH-BAH

1

: a person holding many public or private offices

2

: a person in high position or of great influence

Variants of POOH-BAH

pooh–bah also poo–bah \ˈpü-ˌbä, -ˌbȯ\

Origin of POOH-BAH

Pooh-Bah, character in Gilbert and Sullivan's opera The Mikado (1885) bearing the title Lord-High-Everything-Else

First Known Use: 1888

Related to POOH-BAH

Synonyms: big, big boy, big cheese, bigfoot, biggie, big gun, big leaguer, big-timer, big wheel, bigwig, fat cat, heavy, heavy hitter, heavyweight, high-muck-a-muck (or high-muckety-muck), honcho, kahuna, kingfish, kingpin, major leaguer, muckety-muck (also muck-a-muck or mucky-muck), nabob, nawab, nibs, nob [chiefly British], pooh-bah (also poo-bah), wheel

Antonyms: lightweight, nobody, nonentity, nothing, shrimp, twerp, whippersnapper, zero, zilch

Related Words: baron, czar (also tsar or tzar), king, lion, magnate, mogul, prince, tycoon; VIP

Near Antonyms: inferior, subordinate, underling; mediocrity, obscurity

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