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

The combined passel will give Skydance more leverage with big leagues and smaller entities alike. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026

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

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