Synonyms for big shot
All synonyms
Noun
1. Big gun — A person with a reputation of importance or power
big gun, big wheel, big deal informal, wheel, big fish, big wig, heavy hitter, head honcho informal, mugwump, big cheese dated, big enchilada slang
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Definitions
- n. 1
A person with a reputation of importance or power.
They stopped traffic so some big shot and his entourage could have the whole road to themselves.
Related words
- Other spellings
- big-shot bigshot
Example sentences
- wheel Robert is the fifth wheel on the safety committee.
- chieftain The one with the unique headdress is the chieftain.
By length
- 3 letters
- big1
- 5 letters
- wheel1
- 7 letters
- mugwump
- 9 letters
- chieftain2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (chieftain2 = 2 syllables).