high brass
Military leadership ranks
High brass refers to senior military officers or top executives—the people with significant rank and authority.
The term comes from the brass insignia worn by military officers, with "high" indicating those at the upper levels of command.
The high brass approved the operation.
In corporate contexts, it means upper management: She's meeting with the high brass tomorrow.
- generalsBroad statements or commanders
- admiralsSenior naval commanders
- commandersMilitary authority figures
- senior officersUpper-echelon military leadership
- officersThose holding authority
executives · leadership · chain of command · military · Pentagon · rank · stars · epaulettes · authority · trumpet · trombone · tuba · horn · horn section · orchestra · fanfare · polished · gleaming
- brass alloyspinchbeck
- shotgun ammoshotgun shells, shotgun shell, birdshot, buckshot, slug
high brassenlisted personnel
Non-commissioned military members
enlisted men · rank and file · grunts · foot soldiers · privates
high brassrank and file
Ordinary members collectively
underlings · subordinates · worker bees · peons · minions
high, brass, higher, highest, highly, highness, brassy, brassier, brassiest