Synonyms for big wig
All synonyms
Noun
kingpin, big man, big name, very important person, big shot, big gun, somebody, boss, big noise informal, big wheel, great gun, top banana informal, baron, heavyweight, mugwump, panjandrum, chieftain, big kahuna informal, head honcho informal, big cheese dated, big enchilada slang
Definitions
- n. 1
A person of importance in a group or organization.
The company bigwig is gathering his staff together for a meeting today.
Related words
- Other spellings
- big-wig bigwig
Example sentences
- somebody He thinks he is somebody, but really he is nobody.
By length
- 4 letters
- boss1
- 5 letters
- baron2
- 7 letters
- kingpin2, mugwump
- 8 letters
- somebody3
- 9 letters
- chieftain2
- 10 letters
- panjandrum
- 11 letters
- heavyweight3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (baron2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- gros bonnet
- Italiano
- pezzo grosso
- Català
- peix gros