big boy
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Synonyms & Antonyms for big boy
Synonyms
big, big cheese, big gun, big leaguer, big shot, big wheel, big-timer, bigfoot, biggie, 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), 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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Nigel Blount and Soti Leota also return and don’t forget the big boys up front. — Brian Gosset, star-telegram, "Best of the best: DFW's Top 10 football teams in 2018," 6 July 2018 Newcastle could definitely challenge the big boys with the right investment. — SI.com, "Why Newcastle Should Be Challenging for European Football Next Season Under Benitez," 9 May 2018 Meaning Ian mad the big boy decision to ditch Scotland and make a life in America. — Mehera Bonner, Harper's BAZAAR, "The 7 Biggest Reveals from Outlander Season 4 Episode 3," 19 Nov. 2018 Most Popular Stereotypes To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that : 0%: 0% The Luxury Card also comes with a whole host of travel benefits that put it on par with the big boys in travel credit cards. — Ryan Craggs, Condé Nast Traveler, "The New SPG Luxury Credit Card Is Suddenly One of the Best Travel Credit Cards," 14 Sep. 2018 Some in the industry have greeted GE’s plans with skepticism, noting that its biggest current turbines are just 6 megawatts, far short of the big boys. — Erin Ailworth, WSJ, "The Race to Build a Wind Behemoth," 24 Aug. 2018 The Saudis have not been quiet about their ambitions to play with the big boys in Silicon Valley over the last three years. — Theodore Schleifer, Recode, "In the Tesla drama, Saudi Arabia reminds Silicon Valley of its weight," 13 Aug. 2018 On the other: Wales-Northern Ireland. The great beneficiary was Portugal, which barely survived group play with three listless draws before handling Croatia, Poland and Wales en route to the final while all the big boys beat up on each other. — Mark Zeigler, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Winners, losers, trends and lessons from the World Cup's first round," 28 June 2018 There are regular entrees and large-format ones, and if your party is large enough, by all means take a shot at one of the big boys. — Phil Vettel, chicagotribune.com, "Review: Anticipation for Pacific Standard Time pays off with wood-fired excellence," 15 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'big boy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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