as in heavyweight
one of high position or importance within a group
the once-tiny ad agency is now a big leaguer that attracts clients on the A-list
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Recent Examples of big leaguer
That was a gift from former Indy ball teammate and ex-big leaguer Matt Adams.
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Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
18 Mar. 2026
Around him was not a single big leaguer, minor leaguer, or anyone with a heater topping 90 miles per hour.
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Sam Blum,
New York Times,
9 Mar. 2026
Anthony becomes the 12th Red Sox big leaguer to commit to the WBC.
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Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2026
Brazil’s Joseph Contreras, a 17-year-old right-hander who is a son of former big leaguer José Contreras, is the youngest player on any roster.
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Ronald Blum,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
But chief baseball officer Craig Breslow is a former big leaguer and a Yale graduate.
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Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
17 Jan. 2026
After going hitless in his first two at-bats, Bob Seymour reached base for the first time as a big leaguer by drawing a walk.
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
16 Aug. 2025
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
18 Mar. 2026
Around him was not a single big leaguer, minor leaguer, or anyone with a heater topping 90 miles per hour.
—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
9 Mar. 2026
Anthony becomes the 12th Red Sox big leaguer to commit to the WBC.
—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2026
Brazil’s Joseph Contreras, a 17-year-old right-hander who is a son of former big leaguer José Contreras, is the youngest player on any roster.
—
Ronald Blum,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
But chief baseball officer Craig Breslow is a former big leaguer and a Yale graduate.
—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
17 Jan. 2026
After going hitless in his first two at-bats, Bob Seymour reached base for the first time as a big leaguer by drawing a walk.
—
Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for big leaguer
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The result dashed hopes of a team touted as dark horses who could make a long run in the tournament by beating traditional soccer heavyweights such as Brazil.
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Cape Verde earned a shocking draw with heavyweight Spain at Atlanta Stadium.
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Geoffrey Lechantoux is responsible for the French-seafood-heavy menu.
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Most standard blends are nitrogen-heavy, which encourages leaf growth instead of fruit.
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Like Stewart, Ejiofor has the kind of strength to deal with being an undersized big.
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So Bauer heads back to Mexico City, continuing a journey that has taken him everywhere except the bigs.
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Crow-Armstrong completed the first cycle by a major leaguer this season with a seventh-inning single Monday night, then was promptly picked off first base by Colorado Rockies reliever Brennan Bernardino in a one-run game.
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The co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation and the ex-major leaguer have already been found liable in the deaths of two young boys.
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Thibodeau is a big boy, and Dolan is still paying him a lot of money from that $30 million extension signed in the summer of 2024.
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But taking on one of Wall Street’s big boys, and then getting squashed for it, ranks right up there.
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The Minnesota Wild’s big guns showed up in a big way Saturday night, and the Avs looked wobbly for the first time in this tournament in a 5-1 loss in Game 3 at Grand Casino Arena.
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Against Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup, Wrexham twice raced into a two-goal lead only for the half-time of introduction of the Premier League’s ‘big guns’ to underline how far the Welsh club still has to go if their owners’ top flight ambitions are to be realised.
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The car's quirky appearance is enhanced by a sporty body kit and big wheels that are pushed to the farthest edges.
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More Coloradans are seeing the big wheel spin in their favor each year.
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That’s one less lion left for Daemon to kill.
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In some species—lions, for instance—only one male and his closest buddies get the chance to sire offspring.
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“Big leaguer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big%20leaguer. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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