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plural of bigwig
Synonyms & Antonyms of bigwigs
one of high position or importance within a group
- interviewed by several bigwigs on the hospital's staff
Synonyms for bigwigs
- big boys,
- big cheeses,
- bigfeet
- (or bigfoots),
- biggies,
- big guns,
- big leaguers,
- bigs,
- big shots,
- big-timers,
- big wheels,
- fat cats,
- heavies,
- heavy hitters,
- heavyweights,
- high-muck-a-mucks
- (or high-muckety-mucks),
- honchos,
- kahunas,
- kingfish,
- kingpins,
- major leaguers,
- muckety-mucks
- (also muck-a-mucks or mucky-mucks),
- nabobs,
- nawabs,
- nibs,
- nobs
- [chiefly British],
- pooh-bahs
- (also poo-bahs),
- wheels
Words Related to bigwigs
Near Antonyms for bigwigs
Antonyms for bigwigs
- lightweights,
- nobodies,
- nonentities,
- shrimp
- (or shrimps),
- twerps,
- whippersnappers,
- zeros
- (also zeroes),
- zilches
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“Bigwigs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigwigs. Accessed 14 Aug. 2022.
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