as in heavyweight
one of high position or importance within a group
when she became the network's White House correspondent, she knew that she was now playing with the big boys
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Recent Examples of big boy
Our Prince of Wales is feeling the jet lag so his big boy is there instead!
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Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Suck on some of these, big boy.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
This big boy showed up to the Brooks River in July and hasn’t left.
—Jessica Campbell-Salley, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
One of the biggest reasons the Padres’ slugging numbers are down is that those big boys have not produced the power that was expected out of them.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
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Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Suck on some of these, big boy.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
This big boy showed up to the Brooks River in July and hasn’t left.
—Jessica Campbell-Salley, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
One of the biggest reasons the Padres’ slugging numbers are down is that those big boys have not produced the power that was expected out of them.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for big boy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for big boy
Noun
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Her moment of realization was heart-wrenching (and funny) and turned both into reality-TV heavyweights.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2026
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Instead, the firm has leased portions of its campus to parties like investment heavyweight Vanguard.—
Nick Wooten,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Specifically, Alioto sought to reimagine the magazine as a many-pronged vehicle for promising tastes—like those of regular contributors and critical heavies, Grace Byron and Greta Rainbow.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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Absinthe-eyed, she projectile-vomits blunt observations and also oysters onto the heavies, overimbibing her way into her own grave once she’s inevitably discarded with a shot and shove down a stairwell (a barely-there John Magaro plays one of the gangsters).—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
4 Mar. 2026
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Redshirt sophomore Jana El Alfy got an unusually early opportunity, coming in first off the bench before the three-minute mark of the first quarter, and Auriemma also took Strong off the floor for several stretches to see the team’s other bigs navigate without her presence.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
2 Mar. 2026
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Seven have come against teams with a European big.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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The team needs that supporting cast clicking at the same time as big guns to create more sustained pressure.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Anthopoulos wants a big gun Obviously, the Braves are shopping to augment their starting rotation.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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Cohen is a star baseball player for Windward and Fullmer plays football for Harvard-Westlake and is the son of former major leaguer Brad Fullmer, one of the best players ever out of Montclair Prep.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Former Yankees pitcher and the oldest living major leaguer Art Schallock died at age 100 on March 6.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
5 Jan. 2026
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Anthony becomes the 12th Red Sox big leaguer to commit to the WBC.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2026
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Howie Kendrick, the former longtime big leaguer and now a Phillies special assistant, attempted to be a peacemaker by snatching the beer.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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The sport's surge has some heavy hitters behind it.—
Itay Hod,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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However, Paramount's slate of franchises still aren't quite the heavy hitters that WBD carries on its roster.—
Sarah Whitten,
CNBC,
25 Feb. 2026
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More Coloradans are seeing the big wheel spin in their favor each year.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
5 Feb. 2026
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The cars that Geely showcased at CES, in Las Vegas, were large SUVs with big wheels, opulent interiors, and three rows of seats—not unlike a Ford Explorer.—
Patrick George,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Big boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big%20boy. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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