Synonyms
- big
- big boy
- big cheese
- big gun
- big leaguer
- big shot
- big wheel
- big-timer
- biggie
- bigwig
- fat cat
- heavy
- heavy hitter
- heavyweight
- high-muck-a-muck
- high-muckety-muck
- honcho
- kahuna
- kingfish
- kingpin
- major leaguer
- muckety-muck
- muck-a-muck
- mucky-muck
- nabob
- nawab
- nibs
- nob [chiefly British]
- pooh-bah
- poo-bah
- wheel
Examples of bigfoot in a Sentence
a bigfoot in the field of genetics
Recent Examples on the Web
The cast may be saddled with prosthetics that cover them head to bigfoot toe, but their eyes are plain to see, which allows for a different kind of emoting and extra emphasis on physicality.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2024
Maldonado names Yowie after the Australian bigfoot, creating a magical world of her own.
—Essence, 29 Mar. 2024
For now, though, Keough is putting the music on pause to focus on her upcoming turn as a bigfoot opposite Jesse Eisenberg in the Zellner Brothers film Sasquatch Sunset, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday.
—Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 20 Jan. 2024
While sloth, bigfoot, and yeti characters might have served as the initial offering, these competitive entrepreneurs and moms are finding new and imaginative characters and platforms to meet parents and kids at the intersection of life.
—Rod Berger, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
This bigfoot enjoys running and playing with his friends in the forest.
—Nikita Charuza, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2023
For those of us who have yet to experience a relationship beyond the 10-year mark (or maybe even the 10-month mark), spying long-term lovers in the wild is like spotting a yeti holding hands with bigfoot.
—Lisa Butterworth, SELF, 14 Feb. 2023
Not a disease, but a case study in opportunistic science outreach Solid piece on how NASA's arsenic bacteria claim like a bigfoot sighting UNESCO set to award science prize sponsored by African dictator Nothing changes.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2012
IrishSITP: Believed in aliens, ghosts, psychics, bigfoot, the lot.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2010
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2024
Maldonado names Yowie after the Australian bigfoot, creating a magical world of her own.
—Essence, 29 Mar. 2024
For now, though, Keough is putting the music on pause to focus on her upcoming turn as a bigfoot opposite Jesse Eisenberg in the Zellner Brothers film Sasquatch Sunset, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday.
—Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 20 Jan. 2024
While sloth, bigfoot, and yeti characters might have served as the initial offering, these competitive entrepreneurs and moms are finding new and imaginative characters and platforms to meet parents and kids at the intersection of life.
—Rod Berger, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
This bigfoot enjoys running and playing with his friends in the forest.
—Nikita Charuza, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2023
For those of us who have yet to experience a relationship beyond the 10-year mark (or maybe even the 10-month mark), spying long-term lovers in the wild is like spotting a yeti holding hands with bigfoot.
—Lisa Butterworth, SELF, 14 Feb. 2023
Not a disease, but a case study in opportunistic science outreach Solid piece on how NASA's arsenic bacteria claim like a bigfoot sighting UNESCO set to award science prize sponsored by African dictator Nothing changes.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2012
IrishSITP: Believed in aliens, ghosts, psychics, bigfoot, the lot.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2010
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“Bigfoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigfoot. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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bigfoot
noun
big·foot
ˈbig-ˌfu̇t 
often capitalized
: a large hairy humanlike creature reported to exist in the Pacific Northwest
called also Sasquatch
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