HIGH-MUCK-A-MUCK Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

high-muck-a-muck

noun

ˌhī-ˈmə-ki-ˌmək

variants or high-muckety-muck

Definition of high-muck-a-muck

as in heavy

one of high position or importance within a group failed to pass muster with the country club's high-muck-a-mucks

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Noun

Soon after Rhaenyra executes Otto Hightower, who was once mastermind of that family’s schemes, Ormund steps up to be the faction’s new heavy.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 July 2026
Shares of Meta are flat on the year, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 is up 18%.

— Oliver Renick, CNBC, 10 July 2026

Definition of heavy

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Few Brazilian political heavyweights were in attendance, in another sign of his troubles forming an alliance against Lula ahead of the October election.

— Mauricio Savarese, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026
Few Brazilian political heavyweights were in attendance, in another sign of his troubles forming an alliance against Lula ahead of the October election .

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026

Definition of heavyweight

Noun

Plus, if Seattle wants to move Magbegor to create space for the young bigs, then other teams will know the Storm are doing so from a position of weakness.

— Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Data show those players have about an 11% chance to reach the bigs (compared to about 81% for those picked in the first round).

— Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026

Definition of big

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But the great-grandson became wealthy in his own right as a magnate and pioneer in the New York hotel industry.

— Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
Miriam Adelson, the widow of the Las Vegas casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, and Diane Hendricks, a major conservative donor in Wisconsin, each gave $25 million.

— Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 22 July 2026

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