Synonyms of bigwigs

bigwigs

noun

plural of bigwig

as in heavyweights

one of high position or importance within a group

interviewed by several bigwigs on the hospital's staff

Synonyms & Similar Words

• heavyweights
• bigs
• heavies
• tycoons
• magnates
• wheels
• kings
• lions
• nabobs
• biggies
• honchos
• princes
• barons
• nawabs
• muckety-mucks
• big guns
• heavy hitters
• kahunas
• big boys
• major leaguers
• big shots
• pooh-bahs
• big leaguers
• nobs
• queens
• big wheels
• big-timers
• kingpins
• nibs
• big cheeses
• czars
• princesses
• VIPs
• moguls
• kingfish
• fat cats
• bigfeet
• high-muck-a-mucks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shrimp
• nobodies
• nonentities
• lightweights
• subordinates
• zeros
• whippersnappers
• underlings
• twerps
• inferiors
• mediocrities
• obscurities
• zilches

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bigwigs

The idea, according to officials, would bring $500 million to the city’s coffers annually, paid primarily by bigwigs who get to enjoy city life but don’t pay city income taxes. — Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026

Stevens boasts the support of a growing list of establishment bigwigs—including Michigan’s governor, Gretchen Whitmer, and the state’s outgoing senator, Gary Peters—who clearly view her as more electable. — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

However, after impressing bigwigs at Universal with his short film Amblin’, Spielberg put his education aside in 1968 to pursue filmmaking. — Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026

Several members of the cast and writer’s room, including Dippold and co-star Jeff Hiller, got their start with the Upright Citizens Brigade, an improvisational sketch-comedy group founded by comedy bigwigs like Amy Poehler and Adam McKay. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 29 June 2026

Naturally, Bravo’s bigwigs and Cohen were pretty peeved to see gossip sites scooping them on their own reunion. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2026

Immediately afterwards, international dance music bigwigs such as Carl Cox, Martin Garrix, David Guetta, and Peggy Gou took over the sound system to get everyone on the dance floor. — Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 6 June 2026

Ever since 1948, when the resident artist Victor Vasarely put Gordes on the map, the town has welcomed political bigwigs, French presidents, artists, and musicians. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026

The joke around the proverbial water cooler goes that this is apparently the week all the bigwigs in lit world got together and decided to embrace their own destruction. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026