MUCKETY-MUCK Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

muckety-muck

noun

ˈmə-kə-tē-ˌmək

variants also muck-a-muck or mucky-muck

Definition of muckety-muck

as in heavyweight

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-muck There’s your summary of the earnings call conducted by Braves muckety-mucks Wednesday. — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 25 Feb. 2026 Four years earlier, movie muckety-mucks had collected here to found the academy, and here, as legend tells it, MGM’s art director, Cedric Gibbons, sketched out the Oscar statuette on a linen hotel napkin. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023

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Noun

Coming into the fight, the headlines were all about Itauma, the 21-year-old Brit with a chance to make history by becoming the youngest heavyweight to win a world title since Mike Tyson did so at age 20 in 1986.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
How would Leading Change be able to knock heads against the heavyweights of the division at a mile and a quarter distance?

— Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of heavyweight

Noun

The album also features cameos by heavies from Gojira, Lamb of God, Queens of the Stone Age, and Clutch.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
The one-room restaurant retains the clean, minimalist aesthetic that Anthony has cultivated at the upscale sushi counter but has more stone incorporated into the space than a traditional, wood-heavy omakase would.

— Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of heavy

Noun

Sargeant, a Florida oil magnate, had come under fire from Venezuelan opposition figures and US allies for allegedly propping up Maduro.

— Fabiola Zerpa, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
Ryan Reynolds is already something of a modern-day Renaissance man, being a highly successful actor, billionaire business mogul, and global soccer magnate.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of magnate

Noun

Kerry is married to lawyer Billy Macon (Jason Ritter), whose father, William (Garret Dillahunt), is a local bigwig, with a cowboy militia and a wife, Zoe (Poorna Jagannathan), who possibly not coincidentally meets John in a bar.

— Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of bigwig

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