Synonyms of big leagues

big leagues

noun

plural of big league

as in big(s)

the highest level of a field of endeavor

Broadway is the big leagues, and for big bucks theatergoers expect professionalism

Synonyms & Similar Words

• big(s)
• major league
• big time
• old guard
• establishment

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of big leagues

Burns threw 100 innings at Wake Forest as a junior, then 109 1/3 innings between the minors and big leagues last season. — C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 17 July 2026

With prices so high, media companies are narrowing their packages, leaving some big leagues like the NBA spread across more networks and streamers. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025

That 2022 validation — Nvidia invested about $900 million into the company, now worth more than $2 billion — launched CoreWeave into the AI big leagues with access to the chipmaker’s most advanced products to build the powerful data centers used to serve and train many of OpenAI’s models. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2025