bigwig

big·wig

noun \ˈbig-ˌwig\

Definition of BIGWIG

: an important person

Examples of BIGWIG

1. a bigwig in local politics
2. <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

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 BIGWIG

bagwig, bushpig, cat rig, Danzig, earwig, fright wig, Gehrig, hedgepig, Leipzig, lime-twig, pfennig, renege, Schleswig, shindig, square rig, unrig, zaftig