big

³big

noun

Definition of BIG

: an individual or organization of outstanding importance or power; especially : major league —usually used in plural <playing in the bigs>

Examples of BIG

1. <with that new promotion he's now one of the bigs in the company>
2. <when a candidate is running for president, he's playing in the bigs and cannot afford to make major mistakes>

First Known Use of BIG

1965

Related to BIG

Synonyms: big shot, big boy, big cheese, bigfoot, 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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