Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun top_banana

2 senses of top banana

Sense 1
top banana -- (the leading comedian in a burlesque show)
       => comedian, comic -- (a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts)

Sense 2
kingpin, top banana, bigwig -- (the most important person in a group or undertaking)
       => important person, influential person, personage -- (a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events)