Synonyms of big wheel

big wheel

noun

as in heavyweight

one of high position or importance within a group

rose in the ranks to become a big wheel on Wall Street

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples of big wheel in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The car’s range varies from 424 miles (big battery, RWD Taycan, no draggy or heavy options) down to 296 miles for a twin-motor 4S with a smaller battery and big wheels. —Emily Price, PCMAG, 9 June 2024

Other visual flourishes include bulging fenders and big wheel openings with flared lips. —Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2024

Wheel of Fortune was created back in 1975 by Merv Griffin, and the game has contestants attempting to solve hangman-style puzzles while spinning a big wheel and winning money. See Seacrest’s full statement below. —Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 27 June 2023

Sajak will not be its hub forever, but the whole point of the big wheel is to spin and spin and spin while staying in place. —James Poniewozik, New York Times, 13 June 2023