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  • as inauthority
  • as incommander

synonyms for kingfish

  • expert
  • judge
  • law
  • Bible
  • CEO
  • arbiter
  • aristocrat
  • boss
  • brains
  • brass
  • buff
  • connoisseur
  • czar
  • egghead
  • establishment
  • exec
  • executive
  • feds
  • governor
  • guru
  • kingpin
  • pro
  • professional
  • professor
  • pundit
  • scholar
  • specialist
  • textbook
  • upstairs
  • veteran
  • virtuoso
  • whiz
  • wizard
  • big cheese
  • big shot
  • big wig
  • city hall
  • front office
  • ivory dome
  • power elite
  • top brass
  • top dog
  • top hand

antonyms for kingfish

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  • amateur
  • greenhorn
  • ignoramus
  • proletariat
  • rookie
  • student
  • employee
  • worker
  • follower
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How to use kingfish in a sentence

But as I fish for sailfish with a free-running reel, of course I am exasperated when a kingfish takes hold.
TALES OF FISHESZANE GREY
Kingfish are savage strikers and they almost invariably hook themselves when the drag is set.
TALES OF FISHESZANE GREY
Their feeding habits are similar to those of the kingfish, and in their season they can be captured in the same way.
BASS, PIKE, PERCH, AND OTHERSJAMES ALEXANDER HENSHALL
It is frequently caught by the Key West fishermen when trolling for kingfish with a bait of bacon-rind.
BASS, PIKE, PERCH, AND OTHERSJAMES ALEXANDER HENSHALL
My brother pulled in this kingfish, which was small, and we rebaited our hooks and went on again.
TALES OF FISHESZANE GREY
Farther still to the right is an immense stalactite, shaped like the body of a kingfish minus its tail.
THE JENOLAN CAVESSAMUEL COOK
For its size, the kingfish is considered the gamest of all salt-water fishes.
BASS, PIKE, PERCH, AND OTHERSJAMES ALEXANDER HENSHALL
The kingfish is also known as barb and sea mink in the North, and in the South as whiting.
BASS, PIKE, PERCH, AND OTHERSJAMES ALEXANDER HENSHALL
Canoes on the old Carib pattern were slipping along outside, trailing lines for kingfish and bonitos.
THE ENGLISH IN THE WEST INDIESJAMES ANTHONY FROUDE
Put two kingfish on a buttered platter or pan, season with salt and pepper, add a glass of white wine, put in oven and bake.
THE HOTEL ST. FRANCIS COOK BOOKVICTOR HIRTZLER
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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