bigwig
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.big·wig
noun \ˈbig-ˌwig\Definition of BIGWIG
: an important person
See Examples of BIGWIG
- a bigwig in local politics
- <interviewed by several bigwigs on the hospital's staff>
First Known Use of BIGWIG
1703
Related to BIGWIG
- Synonyms
- big, big boy, big cheese, bigfoot, biggie, big gun, big leaguer, big-timer, big wheel, big shot, 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
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