What does top dog mean?

top dog means "a person who is in charge".

What is another word for top dog?

Close synonyms include head, chief. 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 dog a common word?

top dog 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.

top dog — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a person who is in charge
“the head of the whole operation”
Synonymshead chief
Broaderleader
Narroweradministrator capo department head don general general manager grand dragon head of household secretary

Questions about top dog

What does top dog mean?: top dog means "a person who is in charge".
What is another word for top dog?: Close synonyms include head, chief. 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 dog a common word?: top dog 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for top dog come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a person who is in charge
“the head of the whole operation”
Synonymshead chief
Broaderleader
Narroweradministrator capo department head don general general manager grand dragon head of household secretary

Questions about top dog

What does top dog mean?: top dog means "a person who is in charge".
What is another word for top dog?: Close synonyms include head, chief. 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 dog a common word?: top dog 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for top dog come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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