top banana

1. 1.

   the leading comedian in a burlesque show

   Broadercomedian
2. 2.

   the most important person in a group or undertaking

   Synonymskingpinbigwig

   Broaderimportant person

Questions about top banana

What does top banana mean?

top banana means "the leading comedian in a burlesque show". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for top banana?

Close synonyms include kingpin, bigwig. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is top banana a common word?

top banana is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.