nawab

na·wab

noun \nə-ˈwäb\

Definition of NAWAB

: nabob

Examples of NAWAB

1. <a meeting with the nawabs on the university's board of trustees>

Origin of NAWAB

Urdu nawāb

First Known Use: 1758

Related to NAWAB

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, big shot, 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 NAWAB

bedaub, corncob, day job, demob, doorknob, heartthrob, hobnob, macabre, McJob, memsahib, nabob, plumb bob, Punjab, snow job, stop knob, Welsh cob