bigfoot

big·foot

noun, often capitalized \ˈbig-ˌfu̇t\

plural big·feet\-ˌfēt\ or big·foots

Definition of BIGFOOT

1

[from the size of the footprints ascribed to it] : sasquatch

2

: big shot

Examples of BIGFOOT

1. <a bigfoot in the field of genetics>

First Known Use of BIGFOOT

1958

Related to BIGFOOT

Synonyms: big, big boy, big cheese, big shot, biggie, big gun, big leaguer, big-timer, big wheel, bigwig, fat cat, heavy, heavy hitter, heavyweight, high-muck-a-muck (or high-muckety-muck), honcho, kahuna, kingfish, kingpin, major leaguer, muckety-muck (also muck-a-muck or mucky-muck), nabob, nawab, nibs, nob [chiefly British], pooh-bah (also poo-bah), wheel

Antonyms: lightweight, nobody, nonentity, nothing, shrimp, twerp, whippersnapper, zero, zilch

Related Words: baron, czar (also tsar or tzar), king, lion, magnate, mogul, prince, tycoon; VIP

Near Antonyms: inferior, subordinate, underling; mediocrity, obscurity

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Rhymes with BIGFOOT

afoot, barefoot, birthroot, Blackfoot, board foot, claw-foot, clubfoot, cocksfoot, coltsfoot, crow's-foot, cube root, enroot, forefoot, hard put, hotfoot, input, kaput, on foot, outfoot, output, prop root, Rajput, redroot, shot put, snakeroot, splayfoot, square root, squawroot, taproot, throughput, trench foot, uproot, webfoot