Synonyms
- big
- big boy
- big cheese
- big gun
- big leaguer
- big shot
- big wheel
- big-timer
- bigfoot
- biggie
- fat cat
- heavy
- heavy hitter
- heavyweight
- high-muck-a-muck
- high-muckety-muck
- honcho
- kahuna
- kingfish
- kingpin
- major leaguer
- muckety-muck
- muck-a-muck
- mucky-muck
- nabob
- nawab
- nibs
- nob [chiefly British]
- pooh-bah
- poo-bah
- wheel
Examples of bigwig in a Sentence
a bigwig in local politics
interviewed by several bigwigs on the hospital's staff
Recent Examples on the Web
The Season 3 finale aired on Nov. 8, 2023, and ended with the cast thwarting billionaire corporate bigwig Paul Marks (Jon Hamm) from selling UBA to Hyperion.
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Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 3 June 2024
There, corporate bigwigs schmoozed with top state law-enforcement leaders, people like Fitch, who would often determine the fate of their interests in America’s highest courts.
—Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 28 May 2024
Popular on Variety Before his incarceration, Lang was a celebrity in this dead-end town: the son of an erstwhile bigwig, a stunt motorcyclist and a guitarist.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 21 May 2024
Seinfeld himself plays Bob Cabana, a bigwig exec at Kellogg’s HQ in Battle Creek, Michigan.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2024
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Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 3 June 2024
There, corporate bigwigs schmoozed with top state law-enforcement leaders, people like Fitch, who would often determine the fate of their interests in America’s highest courts.
—Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 28 May 2024
Popular on Variety Before his incarceration, Lang was a celebrity in this dead-end town: the son of an erstwhile bigwig, a stunt motorcyclist and a guitarist.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 21 May 2024
Seinfeld himself plays Bob Cabana, a bigwig exec at Kellogg’s HQ in Battle Creek, Michigan.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2024
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“Bigwig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigwig. Accessed 8 Jun. 2024.
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