TOP DOG
Dictionary entry overview: What does top dog mean?
• TOP DOG (noun)
The noun TOP DOG has 1 sense:
1. a person who is in charge
Familiarity information: TOP DOG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TOP DOG (noun)
Meaning:
A person who is in charge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
chief; top dog; head
Context example:
the head of the whole operation
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)
head of household (the head of a household or family or tribe)
grand dragon (a high ranking person in the Ku Klux Klan)
general manager (the highest ranking manager)
general; superior general (the head of a religious order or congregation)
don; father (the head of an organized crime family)
department head (the head of a department)
capo (the head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate)
administrator; decision maker (someone who administers a business)
secretary (a person who is head of an administrative department of government)
