MUCK-A-MUCKS Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

muckety-mucks

noun

variants also muck-a-mucks or mucky-mucks

plural of muckety-muck

as in heavyweights

one of high position or importance within a group the obituary mentioned that he was a muckety-muck in several service clubs

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Recent Examples of muckety-mucks There’s your summary of the earnings call conducted by Braves muckety-mucks Wednesday. — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 25 Feb. 2026

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Noun

The rift greatly complicated any chance Washington may have had of lining up the region’s heavyweights behind its campaign to defeat Iran.

— MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Kospi heavyweights Samsung and SK Hynix was down over 7% and over 5%, respectively.

— Sean Conlon,Justina Lee,Sarah Min, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of heavyweights

Noun

In any year, in any culture, there are no antagonists (save for Nazis) better suited as action cinema heavies; rooting against child trafficking lowlifes is moral, easy, and best of all, a completely guiltless pleasure.

— Andy Crump, IndieWire, 15 June 2026
However, on season 2 of Twin Peaks, the actress played Miss Jones, the right-hand woman for one of the series' heavies, Thomas Eckhardt (the late David Warner).

— Drew Mackie, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026

Definition of heavies

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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

Definition of bigwigs

Noun

This turns in the opposite direction to the front wheels at low speeds for tighter city maneuvering but stabilizes handling during high-speed lane changes or corners by turning with the front.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2026
Hopefully all of the drifting is turning the wheels in his brain for ideas for the next great theme park attraction.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2026

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