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
Kamala Harris has been on a yo-yo string with Democratic Party bigwigs since that cataclysmic debate performance catapulted her boss out of a sure 2024 nomination.
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Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 20 July 2024
An entertainment bigwig based in NYC echoed the sentiment.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 June 2024
But unlike those bigwigs, Green is known for, and only known for, this issue.
—Andrew Lipstein, Harper's Magazine, 17 June 2024
Turner seemed to especially relish dressing up and mingling with bigwigs.
—Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 3 July 2024
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Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 20 July 2024
An entertainment bigwig based in NYC echoed the sentiment.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 June 2024
But unlike those bigwigs, Green is known for, and only known for, this issue.
—Andrew Lipstein, Harper's Magazine, 17 June 2024
Turner seemed to especially relish dressing up and mingling with bigwigs.
—Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 3 July 2024
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“Bigwig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigwig. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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