muckety-muck

muck·ety–muck

noun \ˈmə-kə-tē-ˌmək\

Definition of MUCKETY-MUCK

: an important and often arrogant person

Variants of MUCKETY-MUCK

muck·ety–muck also muck–a–muck \ˈmə-kə-ˌmək\ or mucky–muck \ˈmə-kē-\

Origin of MUCKETY-MUCK

short for high-muck-a-muck

First Known Use: 1912

Related to MUCKETY-MUCK

Synonyms: big, 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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