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He's a big wheel in local politics.
brags that her son is a big wheel on Wall Street
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Schools: Ohio State University is the big wheel in town, with more than 66,000 students, but smaller schools abound.
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Daphne Brooks, a professor of theater and African-American studies at Yale University, sees Ms. Kennedy’s wide influence, from the playwright Suzan-Lori Parks to the TV big wheel Shonda Rhimes.
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First Known Use of big wheel
1893
big wheel Synonyms
Synonyms
big, big boy, big cheese, big gun, big leaguer, big shot, big-timer, bigfoot, biggie, bigwig, fat cat, heavy, heavy hitter, heavyweight, high-muck-a-muck (or high-muckety-muck), honcho, kingfish, kingpin, nabob, nibs, wheel;
Antonyms
lightweight, nobody, nonentity, nothing, shrimp, twerp, whippersnapper, zero, zilch;
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Definition of big wheel for English Language Learners
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: a powerful or important person
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