Antonyms for top dog


Grammar : Noun


Definition of top dog

  • As in master : noun person in charge, female or male
  • As in official : noun person representing organization
  • As in personage/personality : noun celebrity, notable
  • As in authority : noun expert, animate or inanimate
  • As in victor : noun person who wins
  • As in winner : noun someone or something that succeeds
  • As in big deal : noun something or someone important
  • As in big cheese : noun important person
  • As in boss : noun manager over other employees
  • As in top banana : noun head person
  • As in captain : noun chief of vehicle, effort
  • As in honcho : noun leader
  • As in champion : noun defeater in competition; preeminent supporter
  • As in straw boss : noun boss
  • As in taskmistress : noun boss
  • As in commander : noun leader of military or other organization
  • As in director : noun manager
  • As in head : noun leader
Example sentences :
  • So you see, the man is the top dog in a case like this, my dear, and he can compel the woman to obey him.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
  • Lucilla, as Jeckie well knew, had long been top dog in the Grice menage.
  • Extract from : « The Root of All Evil » by J. S. Fletcher
  • He's got to believe he's top dog, or else he folds and quits.
  • Extract from : « The Kenzie Report » by Mark Clifton
  • Go back on my hand-shake, just to be top dog and get the bones!
  • Extract from : « The Snow-Burner » by Henry Oyen
  • All I know is that we are top dog, and everything will pan out all right in the end.
  • Extract from : « Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. » by Percy F. Westerman
  • Then your title would be ‘Top Dog’ or something of the sort.
  • Extract from : « The Stowmarket Mystery » by Louis Tracy
  • His name is Jules Rondeau, and he's top dog among the lumberjacks.
  • Extract from : « The Valley of the Giants » by Peter B. Kyne
  • Ingolby was wounded and blind, maybe for ever, and women are always with the top dog—that was his theory.
  • Extract from : « The World For Sale, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
  • Little bit tall to be promising posts till you're certain you're top dog!
  • Extract from : « The Head Girl at the Gables » by Angela Brazil
  • All the same, in spite of his attitude of "top dog" in the family, he was attractive, and inclined to be generous.
  • Extract from : « The Princess of the School » by Angela Brazil

Synonyms for top dog

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