Synonyms of big cheese

big cheese

noun

as in heavyweight

one of high position or importance within a group

thinks he's a big cheese just because he's got a business card

Synonyms & Similar Words

• heavyweight
• heavy
• big
• big gun
• big boy
• big wheel
• big leaguer
• major leaguer
• lion
• heavy hitter
• fat cat
• magnate
• king
• queen
• tycoon
• big shot
• big-timer
• wheel
• bigfoot
• prince
• biggie
• poo-bah
• nibs
• baron
• kingfish
• nabob
• nob
• bigwig
• kahuna
• high-muckety-muck
• nawab
• kingpin
• princess
• muck-a-muck
• mucky-muck
• honcho
• high-muck-a-muck
• czar
• tsar
• muckety-muck
• VIP
• pooh-bah
• mogul
• tzar

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nobody
• shrimp
• nothing
• lightweight
• zero
• subordinate
• nonentity
• whippersnapper
• twerp
• zilch
• obscurity
• inferior
• underling
• mediocrity