Usually means: Person in a senior position.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word higher-up:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. higher-up: Merriam-Webster
  2. higher-up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. higher-up: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. higher-up, higher-up: Collins English Dictionary
  5. higher-up: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. higher-up: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. higher-up: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Higher-up, higher-up: Dictionary.com
  9. higher-up: Rhymezone
  10. higher-up: FreeDictionary.org
  11. higher-up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. higher-up: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. higher-up: Wordnik
  14. higher-up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  15. higher-up: Wiktionary
  16. higher-up: Vocabulary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. higher-up: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. higher-up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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▸ noun:  Somebody with greater authority, seniority, rank, status or position; one who outranks.

Similar:
superior, superordinate, higherup, upper, above, better, superiour, superhierarchy, supersessor, supraordinate, more...

Opposite:
subordinate, underling, lower-level, rank-and-file

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Similar:
superior, superordinate, higherup, upper, above, better, superiour, superhierarchy, supersessor, supraordinate, more...

Opposite:
subordinate, underling, lower-level, rank-and-file



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