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Synonyms & Antonyms of big gun
one of high position or importance within a group
- for a high-profile case like this, the law firm uses only its big guns
Synonyms for big gun
- big,
- big boy,
- big cheese,
- big leaguer,
- big shot,
- big wheel,
- big-timer,
- bigfoot,
- biggie,
- bigwig,
- fat cat,
- heavy,
- heavy hitter,
- heavyweight,
- high-muck-a-muck
- (or high-muckety-muck),
- honcho,
- kahuna,
- kingfish,
- kingpin,
- major leaguer,
- muckety-muck
- (also muck-a-muck or mucky-muck),
- nabob,
- nawab,
- nibs,
- nob
- [chiefly British],
- pooh-bah
- (also poo-bah),
- wheel
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The first known use of big gun was in 1830
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