Synonyms
- big
- big boy
- big cheese
- big gun
- big leaguer
- big shot
- big wheel
- big-timer
- bigfoot
- biggie
- 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 bigwig in a Sentence
a bigwig in local politics
interviewed by several bigwigs on the hospital's staff
Recent Examples on the Web
On this point, Cohen’s with other finance bigwigs who usually oppose any diversion from the workplace norm.
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Jane Thier, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2024
Three dozen assorted Olympics bigwigs from around the world were gathered at a 50-foot oval table under bright lights.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2024
The same can be said of our home tour this month, where a pair of music-industry bigwigs give us the run of their fabulous New Jersey mansion, full of memorabilia, fun (loving the bowling alley), and clever time-saving hacks that make their lives just that little bit easier.
—Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2024
Old pals Will Ferrell, Owen Wilson and Luke Wilson — the first two movie star incognito in baseball caps — chatted with LACMA director and CEO Michael Govan in front of one booth, while bigwig agents-slash-collectors from Endeavor, CAA and UTA were out in force, some swarming together in packs.
—Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2024
Honoring the year’s best films and those who made them; broadly celebrating and promoting the movie-going habit; and putting on a good show, both for the bigwigs in the theater and the folks at home.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
Elegant yet far from stiff, Auer’s refined interiors are designed to appeal to both creative types and Davos bigwigs.
—Kissa Castañeda, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
Eventually, this group of Hollywood bigwigs would decide to gather together and hand out awards to the best and brightest among themselves.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2024
The fact that her latest ends with a cliffhanger involving a file containing damaging insider information has a lot of actual intelligence-agency bigwigs in a tizzy.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2024
Jane Thier, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2024
Three dozen assorted Olympics bigwigs from around the world were gathered at a 50-foot oval table under bright lights.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2024
The same can be said of our home tour this month, where a pair of music-industry bigwigs give us the run of their fabulous New Jersey mansion, full of memorabilia, fun (loving the bowling alley), and clever time-saving hacks that make their lives just that little bit easier.
—Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2024
Old pals Will Ferrell, Owen Wilson and Luke Wilson — the first two movie star incognito in baseball caps — chatted with LACMA director and CEO Michael Govan in front of one booth, while bigwig agents-slash-collectors from Endeavor, CAA and UTA were out in force, some swarming together in packs.
—Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2024
Honoring the year’s best films and those who made them; broadly celebrating and promoting the movie-going habit; and putting on a good show, both for the bigwigs in the theater and the folks at home.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
Elegant yet far from stiff, Auer’s refined interiors are designed to appeal to both creative types and Davos bigwigs.
—Kissa Castañeda, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
Eventually, this group of Hollywood bigwigs would decide to gather together and hand out awards to the best and brightest among themselves.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2024
The fact that her latest ends with a cliffhanger involving a file containing damaging insider information has a lot of actual intelligence-agency bigwigs in a tizzy.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2024
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“Bigwig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigwig. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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