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Examples of big wheel in a Sentence
He's a big wheel in local politics.
brags that her son is a big wheel on Wall Street
First Known Use of big wheel
1893
big wheel Synonyms
Synonyms
big, big boy, big cheese, bigfoot, biggie, big gun, big leaguer, big-timer, big shot, 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), wheelAntonyms
lightweight, nobody, nonentity, nothing, shrimp, twerp, whippersnapper, zero, zilchRelated Words
baron, czar (also tsar or tzar), king, lion, magnate, mogul, prince, tycoon; VIPNear Antonyms
inferior, subordinate, underling; mediocrity, obscurityBIG WHEEL Defined for English Language Learners
big wheel
noun
Definition of big wheel for English Language Learners
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: a powerful or important person
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